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Black meme : a history of the images that make us / Legacy Russell.

Russell, Legacy, (author.). Verso (Firm : London, England), (publisher.).

Summary:

"Explores the construct, culture, and material of the "meme" as mapped to Black visual culture from 1900 to present day"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9781839762802
ISBN: 1839762802
Physical Description: x,182 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm.
Publisher: London ; Verso, 2024.
Copyright: ©2024.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references.

Formatted Contents Note:

Overture : Black planets/Black memes/Black acts -- Strange fruit, gone viral : the souls of moving image -- Eating the other : Emmett Till's memory, myth, and Black magic -- Selma on my mind : protest, media, and viral witness -- Sporting the Black complaint : John Carlos and Tommie Smith, silent Blackness, and memetic nationhood -- Viral zombiism : Michael Jackson and "Thriller" -- Paris is burning : viral ballrooms and memetic royalties -- Reality, televised : on the Rodney King generation -- Refusing symbolism : Anita Hill and Magic Johnson -- "The dancing baby" : birth of a [GIF] nation -- The shadow, the substance : Renty and Delia as viral daguerreotypes -- Meme afterlives : Lavish Reynolds in broadcast (and, anyway, arrest the cops that killed Breonna Taylor) -- Outro in remix : lyric for the Black meme.