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Author Magee, Carol L.

Title Africa in the American imagination [electronic resource] : popular culture, racialized identities, and African visual culture / Carol Magee.

Imprint Jackson [Miss.] : University Press of Mississippi, 2012.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xi, 263 p. : ill., ports.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Popular culture -- United States.
Identity (Philosophical concept)
United States -- Civilization -- African influences.
Africa -- In popular culture.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9781617031526 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781617031533 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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