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Author Magee, Carol L., author.

Title Africa in the American imagination : popular culture, racialized identities, and African visual culture / Carol Magee
Published Jackson [Miss.] : University Press of Mississippi, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (263 pages)
Contents Introduction: popular culture, racialized identities, and African visual culture -- Race-ing fantasy: the Sports illustrated swimsuit issue in South Africa -- "It's sort of like National geographic meets Sports illustrated" -- Fashioning identities: Kente, nostalgia, and the world of Barbie -- It's a small, white world -- Africa in Florida: Disney's Animal Kingdom Lodge -- Refrain: Africa in the American imagination
Summary In the American world, the presence of African culture is sometimes fully embodied and sometimes leaves only a trace. Africa in the American Imagination: Popular Culture, Racialized Identities, and African Visual Culture explores this presence, examining Mattel's world of Barbie, the 1996 Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue, and Disney World, each of which repackages African visual culture for consumers. Because these cultural icons permeate American life, they represent the broader U.S. culture and its relationship to African culture. This study integrates approaches from art history and visual
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
SUBJECT Sports illustrated gnd
Subject Popular culture -- United States.
Identity (Philosophical concept)
identity.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- African American Studies.
Africa in popular culture
Civilization -- African influences
Identity (Philosophical concept)
Popular culture
Massenkultur
Afrikabild
SUBJECT United States -- Civilization -- African influences. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh89004178
Africa -- In popular culture. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002003819
Subject United States
USA
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781617031533
1617031534