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Africa in the American imagination

Magee, Carol L.

Africa in the American imagination popular culture, racialized identities, and African visual culture / [electronic resource] : Carol Magee. - Jackson [Miss.] : University Press of Mississippi, 2012. - 1 online resource (xi, 263 p. :) ill. ; - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-251) and index.

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.

9781617031533 1617031534


Identity (Philosophical concept)
Popular culture--United States.


Africa--In popular culture.
United States--Civilization--African influences.


Electronic books.

E169.Z83 / M33 2012

306.0973