Beyond Black Celebrity and Race in Obama's America

This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. Beyond Black is Ellis Cashmore's compelling appraisal of the impact of black celebrities on the cultural landscape of contemporary America. In recent years a new...

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Main Author: Cashmore, Ellis (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: London Bloomsbury Academic 2012
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