On Racial Icons Blackness and the Public Imagination |
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| Author:
| Fleetwood, Nicole R. |
| Series title: | Pinpoints Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8135-6515-6 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2015 |
| Publisher: | Rutgers University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $22.95 |
Book Description:
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In On Racial Icons, Nicole R. Fleetwood focuses a sustained look on photography in documenting black public life, exploring the ways in which iconic images function as celebrations of national and racial progress at times or as a gauge of collective racial wounds in moments of crisis.
In On Racial Icons, Nicole R. Fleetwood focuses a sustained look on photography in documenting black public life, exploring the ways in which iconic images function as celebrations of national and racial progress at times or as a gauge of collective racial wounds in moments of crisis.