Africa in the American Imagination
Popular Culture, Radicalized Identities, and African Visual Culture
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19985671 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Carol Magee (0000-0001-7921-3532, corresponding author), Carol L Magee |
| Year | 2012 |
| Pages | 263 |
| Publication date | 2012-01-24 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Africa in the American imagination (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | University Press of Mississippi (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.14325/mississippi/9781617031526.001.0001 |
| OpenAlex | W4210570210 |
| Open Library | OL24840105M |
| ISBN | 9781617031526 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
In the American world, the presence of African culture is sometimes fully embodied and sometimes leaves only a trace. This book 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 culture studies with those from culture, race, and popular culture studies to analyze this interchange. Two major threads weave throughout. One analyzes how the presentation of African visual culture in these popular culture forms conceptualizes Africa for the American public. The other investigates the way the uses of African visual culture focuses America’s own self-awareness, particularly around black and white racialized identities. In exploring the multiple meanings that “Africa” has in American popular culture, the book argues that these cultural products embody multiple perspectives and speak to various sociopolitical contexts: the Cold War, Civil Rights, and contemporary eras of the United States; the apartheid and post apartheid eras of South Africa; the colonial and postcolonial eras of Ghana; and the European era of African colonization
Aesthetics · African american · African-American culture · Art · Colonialism · Culture of the United States · Embodied cognition · Media studies · Political science · Popular culture · Race (biology) · Sociology · Visual culture · White (mutation) · Anthropology · Cultural Industries and Urban Development · Gender Studies · History · Law · Media, Gender, and Advertising · Sport and Mega-Event Impacts · Africa · Africa in popular culture · African influences · Afrikabild · civilization · Identity (Philosophical concept) · In popular culture · Massenkultur · Sports illustrated · united states
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2025 (12) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |