{"product_id":"on-racial-icons-nicole-r-fleetwood-9780813565156","title":"On Racial Icons: Blackness and the Public Imagination","description":"What meaning does the American public attach to images of key black political, social, and cultural figures? Considering photography's role as a means of documenting historical progress, what is the representational currency of these images? How do racial icons \"signify\"? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Nicole R. Fleetwood's answers to these questions will change the way you think about the next photograph that you see depicting a racial event, black celebrity, or public figure. In\u003ci\u003e On Racial Icons\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Offering an overview of photography's ability to capture shifting race relations, Fleetwood spotlights in each chapter a different set of iconic images in key sectors of public life. She considers flash points of racialized violence in photographs of Trayvon Martin and Emmett Till; the political, aesthetic, and cultural shifts marked by the rise of pop stars such as Diana Ross; and the power and precarity of such black sports icons as Serena Williams and LeBron James; and she does not miss Barack Obama and his family along the way. \u003ci\u003eOn Racial Icons\u003c\/i\u003e is an eye-opener in every sense of the phrase. \u003cbr\u003e Images from the book. (http: \/\/rutgerspress.rutgers.edu\/pages\/Fleetwood.aspx)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Nicole R. Fleetwood\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813565154\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813565156\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rutgers University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/15\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.46lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.56h x 5.44w x 0.41d","brand":"Nicole R. Fleetwood","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43980596543743,"sku":"9780813565156","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2d784a3d-df7a-46ea-b99d-4dac3e295bbf.jpg?v=1683250807","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/on-racial-icons-nicole-r-fleetwood-9780813565156","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}