Beyond Black: Celebrity and Race in Obama's America

by Ellis Cashmore

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 variety of African American celebrity has emerged: acquisitive, ambitious, flamboyantly successful and individualistic - more interested in channelling their energy into career development than into the political struggles that animated some of their predecessors. Bill Cosby and Oprah Winfrey...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1780931492
• ISBN13: 9781780931494
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 169 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"