Race and Cultural Practice in Popular Culture
Title | Race and Cultural Practice in Popular Culture PDF eBook |
Author | Domino Renee Perez |
Publisher | Rutgers University Press |
Total Pages | 309 |
Release | 2019 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 1978801300 |
This book is an innovative work that takes a fresh approach to the concept of race as a social factor made concrete in popular forms, such as film, television, and music. The essays push past the reaffirmation of static conceptions of identity, authenticity, or conventional interpretations of stereotypes and bridge the intertextual gap between theories of community enactment and cultural representation.
Racism and Anti-racism in American Popular Culture
Title | Racism and Anti-racism in American Popular Culture PDF eBook |
Author | Catherine Silk |
Publisher | Manchester University Press |
Total Pages | 208 |
Release | 1990 |
Genre | African Americans in mass media |
ISBN | 9780719030703 |
Cultural Theory and Popular Culture
Title | Cultural Theory and Popular Culture PDF eBook |
Author | John Storey |
Publisher | Pearson Education |
Total Pages | 674 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 9780137761210 |
A reader on popular culture
American Skin
Title | American Skin PDF eBook |
Author | Leon E. Wynter |
Publisher | Crown |
Total Pages | 312 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
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Race has always been America’s first standard and central paradox. From the start, America based its politics on the principle of white supremacy, but it has always lived and dreamed of itself in color. The truth beneath the contradiction has finally emerged and led us to the threshold of a transformation of American identity as profound as slavery was defining. We live in a country where the “King of Pop” was born black and a leading rap M.C. is white, where salsa outsells ketchup and cosmetics firms advertise blond hair dye with black models. Whiteness is in steep decline as the primary measure of Americanness. The new, true American identity rising in its place is transracial, defined by shared cultural and consumer habits, not skin color or ethnicity. And this unprecedented redefinition of what “American” sounds, looks, and feels like is not being driven by the politics of protest or liberal multiculturalism but by a more basic American instinct: the profit motive. Smart marketers discovered that the inherent, subversive appeal of transracial American culture was the perfect boombox for breaking through the noise of a crowded marketplace: Nike and the NBA used unambiguous black style to create modern sports marketing; Pepsi validated Michael Jackson as a superstar while adding millions to its own bottom li≠ Hollywood turned a taboo into a lucrative cliché with black-white buddy films; Oprah Winfrey created the model for the ultimate individual corporate br∧ and Budweiser created a signature series of commercials built around four ordinary black men signaling something ineffably American with one word—“Wassup?” In the end, this is a hopeful but clear-eyed argument that while we fall short of true equality, we are opting to carry on that struggle together within a common American cultural skin. "There’s been a radical shift in the place of race and ethnicity in America. Near revolutionary developments in advertising, media, marketing, technology, and global trade have in the last two decades of the twentieth century nearly obliterated walls that have stood for generations between nonwhites and the image of the American dream. The mainstream, heretofore synonymous with what is considered average for whites, is now equally defined by the preferences, presence, and perspectives of people of color. The much-maligned melting pot, into which generations of European-American identities are said to have dissolved, is bubbling again, but on a higher flame; this time whiteness itself is finally being dissolved into a larger American identity. On its surface, this book tells the story of how and why big business turned up that flame, and a brief history of race and pop culture leading up to this watershed. But at its core American Skin is about the revolution that higher heat on American identity is bringing about: the end of ‘white’ America. This book begins, and my arguments and insights ultimately rest on, one premise and guiding belief about this country: We have always been, and will ever be, of one race—human—and of one culture—American." —From the Introduction
Black Popular Culture
Title | Black Popular Culture PDF eBook |
Author | Michele Wallace |
Publisher | Conran Octopus |
Total Pages | 388 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | Social Science |
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The latest publication in the award-winning Discussions in Contemporary Culture series, Black Popular Culture gathers together an extraordinary array of critics, scholars, and cultural producers. 30 essays explore and debate current directions in film, television, music, writing, and other cultural forms as created by or with the participation of black artists. 30 illustrations.
Cultural Theory and Popular Culture
Title | Cultural Theory and Popular Culture PDF eBook |
Author | John Storey |
Publisher | Routledge |
Total Pages | 307 |
Release | 2015-05-08 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1317591240 |
As before, the book presents a clear and critical survey of competing theories of and various approaches to popular culture. Its breadth and theoretical unity, exemplified through popular culture, means that it can be flexibly and relevantly applied across a number of disciplines. Also retaining the accessible approach of previous editions, and using appropriate examples from the texts and practices of popular culture.
African Americans and US Popular Culture
Title | African Americans and US Popular Culture PDF eBook |
Author | Kevern Verney |
Publisher | Routledge |
Total Pages | 125 |
Release | 2013-06-17 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1136475346 |
This volume is an authoritative introduction to the history of African Americans in US popular culture, examining its development from the early nineteenth century to the present. Kevern Verney examines: * the role and significance of race in all major forms of popular culture, including sport, film, television, radio and music * how the entertainment industry has encouraged racism through misrepresentations and caricatured images of African Americans. African Americans have made a unique contribution to the richness and diversity of US popular culture. Rooted in African society and traditions, black slaves in America created a dynamic culture which continues to evolve. Present day hip-hop and rap music are still shaped by the historical experience of slavery and the ongoing will to oppose oppression and racism. Any student of African-American history or cultural studies will find this a fascinating and highly useful book.