Black Celebrity, Racial Politics, and the Press: Framing Dissent

ISBN-13: 9780415707077 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 218 str.

Sarah J. Jackson

Opis

Shifting understandings and ongoing conversations about race, celebrity, and protest in the twenty-first century call for a closer examination of the evolution of dissent by black celebrities and their reception in the public sphere. This book focuses on the way the mainstream and black press have covered cases of controversial political dissent by African American celebrities from Paul Robeson to Kanye West.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Paul Robeson at Peekskill, NY, 1949  2. Eartha Kitt, the White House, and Vietnam, 1968  3. Tommie Smith and John Carlos at the Mexico City Olympics, 1968  4. Sister Souljah, Rodney King, and the Future President, 1992  5. Mahmoud Abdul Rauf and the Star Spangled Banner, 1996  6. Kanye West and Hurricane Katrina, 2005  Conclusion

O autorze

Sarah J. Jackson is an Assistant Professor of Communication Studies at Northeastern University, USA. Her research examines the construction of social identities in national debates about citizenship, inequality, and social change. Jackson’s research has appeared in The International Journal of Press Politics and Feminist Media Studies.