Black Mirror : : The Cultural Contradictions of American Racism / / Eric Lott.
Blackness is a prized commodity in American pop culture. Marketed to white consumers, it invites whites to view themselves in a mirror of racial difference, while remaining “wholly” white. From sports to literature, film, and music to investigative journalism, Eric Lott reveals the hidden dynamics o...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2018] ©2017 |
Year of Publication: | 2018 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (292 p.) :; 9 halftones |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Black Mirror: States Of Fantasy And Symbolic Surplus Value -- 2. Our Blackface America: Mr. Clemens And Jim Crow -- 3. The Mirror Has Two Faces: White Ethnic Semi-Mojo -- 4. House Of Mirrors: The Whiteness Of Film Noir -- 5. White Like Me: Racial Trans And The Culture Of Civil Rights -- 6. Tar Baby And The Great White Wonder: Joni Mitchell’S Pimp Game -- 7. All The King’S Men: Elvis Impersonators And White Working-Class Masculinity -- 8. Just Like Jack Frost’S Blues: Masking And Melancholia In Bob Dylan’S “Love And Theft” -- Coda -- Notes -- Index |
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Summary: | Blackness is a prized commodity in American pop culture. Marketed to white consumers, it invites whites to view themselves in a mirror of racial difference, while remaining “wholly” white. From sports to literature, film, and music to investigative journalism, Eric Lott reveals the hidden dynamics of this self-and-other racial mirroring. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780674981478 9783110543315 |
DOI: | 10.4159/9780674981478 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Eric Lott. |