Black Mirror : The Cultural Contradictions of American Racism /
Lott, Eric
Black Mirror : The Cultural Contradictions of American Racism / Eric Lott. - 1 online resource (292 p.) : 9 halftones
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Black Mirror: States Of Fantasy And Symbolic Surplus Value -- 2. Our Blackface America: Mr. Clemens And Jim Crow -- 3. The Mirror Has Two Faces: White Ethnic Semi-Mojo -- 4. House Of Mirrors: The Whiteness Of Film Noir -- 5. White Like Me: Racial Trans And The Culture Of Civil Rights -- 6. Tar Baby And The Great White Wonder: Joni Mitchell’S Pimp Game -- 7. All The King’S Men: Elvis Impersonators And White Working-Class Masculinity -- 8. Just Like Jack Frost’S Blues: Masking And Melancholia In Bob Dylan’S “Love And Theft” -- Coda -- Notes -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
Blackness is a prized commodity in American pop culture. Marketed to white consumers, it invites whites to view themselves in a mirror of racial difference, while remaining “wholly” white. From sports to literature, film, and music to investigative journalism, Eric Lott reveals the hidden dynamics of this self-and-other racial mirroring.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780674981478
10.4159/9780674981478 doi
Blacks--Public opinion.--United States
Racism in mass media.
Racism in popular culture--United States.
Whites--Attitudes.--United States
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century.
P94.5.A372 / U559 2017eb
305.800973
Black Mirror : The Cultural Contradictions of American Racism / Eric Lott. - 1 online resource (292 p.) : 9 halftones
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Black Mirror: States Of Fantasy And Symbolic Surplus Value -- 2. Our Blackface America: Mr. Clemens And Jim Crow -- 3. The Mirror Has Two Faces: White Ethnic Semi-Mojo -- 4. House Of Mirrors: The Whiteness Of Film Noir -- 5. White Like Me: Racial Trans And The Culture Of Civil Rights -- 6. Tar Baby And The Great White Wonder: Joni Mitchell’S Pimp Game -- 7. All The King’S Men: Elvis Impersonators And White Working-Class Masculinity -- 8. Just Like Jack Frost’S Blues: Masking And Melancholia In Bob Dylan’S “Love And Theft” -- Coda -- Notes -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
Blackness is a prized commodity in American pop culture. Marketed to white consumers, it invites whites to view themselves in a mirror of racial difference, while remaining “wholly” white. From sports to literature, film, and music to investigative journalism, Eric Lott reveals the hidden dynamics of this self-and-other racial mirroring.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780674981478
10.4159/9780674981478 doi
Blacks--Public opinion.--United States
Racism in mass media.
Racism in popular culture--United States.
Whites--Attitudes.--United States
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century.
P94.5.A372 / U559 2017eb
305.800973