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Represented : the Black imagemakers who reimagined African American citizenship / Brenna Wynn Greer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Greer, Brenna Wynn, author.
- Series:
- American business, politics, and society.
- American business, politics, and society
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kendrix, Moss Hyles, 1917-1989.
- Kendrix, Moss Hyles.
- Parks, Gordon, 1912-2006.
- Parks, Gordon.
- Johnson, John H. (John Harold), 1918-2005.
- Johnson, John H.
- African Americans and mass media--United States--History--20th century.
- African Americans and mass media.
- African Americans in mass media--History--20th century.
- African Americans in mass media.
- African Americans in the mass media industry--United States--History--20th century.
- African Americans in the mass media industry.
- African Americans in advertising--History--20th century.
- African Americans in advertising.
- African Americans--Civil rights--History--20th century.
- African Americans.
- Civil rights movements--United States--History--20th century.
- Civil rights movements.
- United States.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 312 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2019]
- Summary:
- Focusing on advertising and public relations guru Moss Kendrix, Ebony publisher John H. Johnson, and Life photographer Gordon Parks, Brenna Wynn Greer chronicles how black capitalists made the market work for racial progress on their way to making money.
- Contents:
- Cover; Half title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1. A Way In: The Public Relations of New Deal Black Citizenship; Chapter 2. A Choice Weapon: World War II and Black Propaganda; Chapter 3. Selling Progress: Liberia and the Early Cold War Trade in Black Markets; Chapter 4. Black Appeal: The Profits and Politics of Representing Black Female Sexuality; Chapter 5. A Consuming Image: The Civil Rights Work of Marketing Black Citizenship; Conclusion. What Is a Civil Rights Image?; Notes; Index; Acknowledgments
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-8122-9637-0
- OCLC:
- 1127920842
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