Search:

Results 1 to 10 of 66 |

Pitch blackness / by Thomas, Hank Willis,1976-(CARDINAL)336942; De Guzman, René,1964-Nothing better.; Kelley, Robin D. G.Burning symbols.;
Includes bibliographical references (page 116-117)."As a contemporary photographer protesting the existing order, Hank Willis Thomas has emerged as the voice of his generation. Using razor sharp insight and complex considerations, his work reinscribes the deep structure and the continued importance of identity politics.--[book cover].
Subjects: Portraits.; Illustrated works.; Thomas, Hank Willis, 1976-; Photography, Artistic.; African Americans; African Americans in mass media; African Americans in advertising; African American men;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

Slave in a box : the strange career of Aunt Jemima / by Manring, M. M.,1962-(CARDINAL)644943;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-206) and index.
Subjects: Jemima, Aunt.; Quaker Oats Company.; Advertising; African American women in advertising; Stereotypes (Social psychology) in advertising; African American women in advertising.;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 4
unAPI

Hair raising : beauty, culture, and African American women / by Rooks, Noliwe M.,1963-;
Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-156) and index.Nappi by nature: afros, hot combs, and black pride -- Beauty, race, and black pride -- Advertising contradictions -- Broadening representational boundaries -- Gender, hair, and African American women's magazines -- In search of connections.
Subjects: African American women in advertising; African American women; Beauty culture; Hairdressing of African Americans;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

Drop / by Johnson, Mat.(CARDINAL)656484;
Subjects: Bildungsromans.; Fiction.; Advertising agencies; African American men; African American men; Americans; Creative ability in business; Success;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

Burgers in blackface : anti-Black restaurants then and now / by Kwate, Naa Oyo A.,author.;
Includes bibliographical referencesIntroduction -- Coon Chicken Inn -- Mammy's Cupboard -- Richard's Restaurant and Slave Market -- Sambo's -- Conclusion: The spice of racism"Aunt Jemima is the face of pancake mix. Uncle Ben sells rice. Chef Rastus shills for Cream of Wheat. Stereotyped Black faces and bodies have long promoted retail food products that are household names. Much less visible to the public are the numerous restaurants that deploy unapologetically racist logos, themes, and architecture. These marketing concepts, which center nostalgia for a racist past and commemoration of our racist present, reveal the deeply entrenched American investment in anti-Blackness. Drawing on wide-ranging sources from the late 1800s to the present, Burgers in Blackface gives a powerful account, and rebuke, of historical and contemporary racism in restaurant branding"--
Subjects: Restaurants; Racism; Stereotypes (Social psychology) in advertising; Stereotypes (Social psychology) in mass media; Stereotypes (Social psychology); African Americans;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

Skimmed : breastfeeding, race, and injustice / by Freeman, Andrea(Associate Professor of Law),author.(CARDINAL)826730;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction : a formula for discrimination -- The famous Fultz quads -- Black breastfeeding in America -- Race-targeted formula marketing -- The bad black mother -- When formula rules -- Legalizing breast milk -- The Fultz quads after Pet Milk -- Conclusion : "first food" freedom"The Famous Fultz Quads tells the heartbreaking story of America's first recorded African American quadruplets, their rise to fame and use as advertising symbols for baby formula companies, and the damage done both to their lives and the greater health and wellbeing of generations of African American families in the US. This book brings to light the true causes of the dramatic racial disparities in breastfeeding rates in America--revealing how aspects of law, corporate influence, culture, and the media have all contributed to this disparity, and provides concrete strategies for legal and policy reform that would reduce or eliminate racial disparities in breastfeeding and infant mortality"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Pet Milk Company; African American infants; Infant formulas; African Americans in advertising; Breastfeeding; Health and race; Quadruplets;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

Black America, body beautiful : how the African American image is changing fashion, fitness, and other industries / by Bailey, Eric J.,1958-(CARDINAL)779153;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-150) and index.The impact and importance of body image and body types -- Race and body image -- Body image preferences among African Americans -- Cultural historical review of preferred body images and body types -- African American body types and the fashion industry -- African American images and the advertising industry -- African American body images and the fitness industry -- African American image in the television and movie industries -- African American image and politics -- Global perspective: how are African American images viewed by other countries? -- Conclusion.
Subjects: African Americans; Body image; Beauty, Personal; Consumers' preferences; Industries;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

Advertisements for runaway slaves in Virginia, 1801-1820 / by Meaders, Daniel,1945-author.(CARDINAL)887997;
1801 -- 1802 -- 1803 -- 1804 -- 1805 -- 1806 -- 1807 -- 1808 -- 1809 -- 1810 -- 1811 -- 1812 -- 1813 -- 1814 -- 1815 -- 1816 -- 1817 -- 1818 -- 1819 -- 1820 -- List of masters -- List of slaves -- Index.
Subjects: Fugitive slaves; Slavery; African Americans;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

News of the colored people / by Guy, Tonya A. Browder.(CARDINAL)311996; Browder, Malissa N.(CARDINAL)887328; Parker, W. E.(William Erskine),1883-1963.(CARDINAL)887329;
Compiles "News of the colored people," a column published in the Edgefield advertiser from 1937 through 1939. Editor W.E. Parker also served as principal of Edgefield County's African American schools.
Subjects: Family histories.; African Americans;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

Culture and the ad : exploring otherness in the world of advertising / by O'Barr, William M.(CARDINAL)129168;
Includes bibliographical references (page 208) and index.Analyzing social ideology in advertisements -- Instructions in representing others -- Representations of others, part 1 : advertisements in the 1929 National Geographic magazine -- Representations of others, part 2 : contemporary print advertisements -- Audience responses : the photographs of tourists -- An exposition of twentieth-century print advertisements : depictions of African Americans -- Unexpected audiences : American and Japanese representations of one another -- The future.
Subjects: Advertising; Minorities in advertising; Mass media and race relations; Difference (Psychology);
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

Results 1 to 10 of 66 |