{"product_id":"rupturing-rhetoric-the-politics-of-race-and-popular-culture-since-ferguson-9781496852328","title":"Rupturing Rhetoric: The Politics of Race and Popular Culture Since Ferguson","description":"Contributions by Maksim Bugrov, Byron B Craig, Patricia G. Davis, Peter Ehrenhaus, Whitney Gent, Christopher Gilbert, Oscar Giner, J. Scott Jordan, Euni Kim, Melanie Loehwing, Jaclyn S. Olson, A. Susan Owen, Stephen E. Rahko, Nick J. Sciullo, Arthur D. Soto-V?squez, and Erika M. Thomas \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe events surrounding the 2014 killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, marked a watershed moment in US history. Though this instance of police brutality represented only the latest amid decades of similar unjust patterns, it came to symbolize state complicity in the deployment of violence to maintain racial order. \u003ci\u003eRupturing Rhetoric: The Politics of Race and Popular Culture since Ferguson\u003c\/i\u003e responds to the racial rhetoric of American popular culture in the years since Brown's death. Through close readings of popular media produced during the late Obama and Trump eras, this volume details the influence of historical and contemporary representations of race on public discourse in America. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUsing Brown's death and the ensuing protests as a focal point, contributors argue that Ferguson marks the rupture of America's postracial fantasy. An ideology premised on colorblindness, the notion of the \"postracial\" suggests that the United States has largely achieved racial equality and that race is no longer a central organizing category in American society. Postracialism is partly responsible for ahistorical, romanticized narratives of slavery, Jim Crow segregation, and American exceptionalism. The legitimacy of this fantasy, the editors contend, was the first casualty of the tanks, tear gas, and rubber bullets wielded against protesters during the summer of 2014. From these protests emerged a new political narrative organized around #BlackLivesMatter, which directly challenged the fantasy of a postracial American society. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEssays in \u003ci\u003eRupturing Rhetoric\u003c\/i\u003e cover such texts as \u003ci\u003eFresh Off the Boat\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eHamilton\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eGreen Book\u003c\/i\u003e; NPR's \u003ci\u003eAmerican Anthem\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eLovecraft Country\u003c\/i\u003e; Disney remakes of \u003ci\u003eDumbo\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Lion King\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLady and the Tramp\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eBlacKkKlansman\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eCrazy Rich Asians\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Hateful Eight\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eFences\u003c\/i\u003e. As a unified body of work, the collection interrogates the ways contemporary media in American popular culture respond to and subvert the postracial fantasy underlying the politics of our time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Byron B. Craig\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Mississippi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/20\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Race, Rhetoric, and Media\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 277\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.93lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.64d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781496852328","brand":"University Press of Mississippi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43349363261577,"sku":"9781496852328","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_7d46d0c8-e92d-4c6b-809c-88faade02df3.jpg?v=1739261743","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/rupturing-rhetoric-the-politics-of-race-and-popular-culture-since-ferguson-9781496852328","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}