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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| Year of Publication: | 2012 |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (176 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- 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