Framing the Black Panthers: The Spectacular Rise of a Black Power Icon - Softcover

Rhodes, Jane

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0252082648 ISBN 13: 9780252082641

Publisher: University of Illinois Press, 2017

Synopsis

A potent symbol of black power and radical inspiration, the Black Panthers still evoke strong emotions. This edition of Jane Rhodes's acclaimed study examines the extraordinary staying power of the Black Panthers in the American imagination. Probing the group's longtime relationship to the media, Rhodes traces how the Panthers articulated their message through symbols and tactics the mass media could not resist. By exploiting press coverage through everything from posters to public appearances to photo ops, the Panthers created a linguistic and symbolic universe as salient today as during the group's heyday. They also pioneered a sophisticated version of mass media activism that powers contemporary African American protest. Featuring a timely new preface by the author, Framing the Black Panthers is a breakthrough reconsideration of a fascinating phenomenon.

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About the Author

Jane Rhodes is professor and department head of African American Studies at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She is the author of Mary Ann Shadd Cary: The Black Press and Protest in the Nineteenth Century.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0252082648
• ISBN 13: 9780252082641
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 456