Beyond black : celebrity and race in Obama's America /

Beyond black : celebrity and race in Obama's America / / Ellis Cashmore.

Beyond Black is Ellis Cashmore's compelling appraisal of the impact of black celebrities on the cultural landscape of contemporary America. In recent years a new variety of African American celebrity has emerged: acquisitive, ambitious, flamboyantly successful and individualistic - more interes...

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Cashmore, Ernest.
Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
Physical Description:1 online resource (176 p.)
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Beyond black [electronic resource] : celebrity and race in Obama's America / Ellis Cashmore.
London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, 2012.
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Cover; Contents; 1 Introduction - ""I sell entertainment""; 2 Sideshows and carnival barkers; 3 Obama believes in Obama; 4 If Oprah can make it, what does it say about me?; 5 A black family that tv hadn't seen before; 6 Please be black, Michael; 7 A desire for buffoonery and song; 8 Black models don't sell; 9 Like a jungle sometimes; 10 The ghetto inside; 11 To be spoken for, rather than with; 12 The death of blackness; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y
Beyond Black is Ellis Cashmore's compelling appraisal of the impact of black celebrities on the cultural landscape of contemporary America. In recent years a new variety of African American celebrity has emerged: acquisitive, ambitious, flamboyantly successful and individualistic - more interested in channelling their energy into career development than into the political struggles that animated some of their predecessors. Bill Cosby and Oprah Winfrey were early examples; current A-listers include Beyoncé and Tiger Woods. The most valuable product these celebrities sell, according to Cashmore,
English
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Celebrities in mass media United States.
African Americans in mass media United States.
Racism.
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Cover; Contents; 1 Introduction - ""I sell entertainment""; 2 Sideshows and carnival barkers; 3 Obama believes in Obama; 4 If Oprah can make it, what does it say about me?; 5 A black family that tv hadn't seen before; 6 Please be black, Michael; 7 A desire for buffoonery and song; 8 Black models don't sell; 9 Like a jungle sometimes; 10 The ghetto inside; 11 To be spoken for, rather than with; 12 The death of blackness; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y
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