Looking at the stars, Black celebrity journalism in Jim Crow America, Carrie Teresa
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Looking at the stars, Black celebrity journalism in Jim Crow America, Carrie Teresa
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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non fiction
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Looking at the stars
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Carrie Teresa
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Black celebrity journalism in Jim Crow America
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Untangling discourses of representation in black press celebrity reporting -- Early crossover black celebrities and the onus of collective representation -- Black celebrities uplift the race -- Shaping "dreams into reality": 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 -- Afterword: the enduring role of the entertainer-activist in an uncertain media landscape
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