Looking at the stars : black celebrity journalism in Jim Crow America / Carrie Teresa.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Teresa, Carrie (Author)
Language:English
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2019]
Subjects:
African American press > History.
African American celebrities > Press coverage.
African American newspapers > Political aspects > History > 20th century.
African American press.
1900-1999
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:xiv, 249 pages ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Untangling discourses of representation in black press celebrity reporting
  • Early crossover black celebrities and the onus of collective representation
  • Black celebrities uplift the race
  • The mythologizing of black celebrities
  • The marginalization of black female celebrities as race representatives
  • National heroes, foreign villains, and un-hyphenated Americans
  • Journalistic commemoration and the construction of a "felt" past
  • The politics of black press celebrity journalism.