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Selected Cerritos College Library Books

Racism in American Popular Media by Brian D. Behnken; Gregory D. Smithers
Call Number: P94.5 .M552 U625 2015
ISBN: 9781440829765
Publication Date: 2015-03-24
Images That Injure by Susan Dente Ross; Paul Martin Lester (Editor)
Call Number: P96 .S74 I45 2011
ISBN: 9780313378928
Publication Date: 2011-05-01
Movies in the Age of Obama by David Garrett Izzo (Editor); Peter C. Grosvenor (Contribution by); Blake G. Hobby (Contribution by); David M. Jones (Contribution by); Victoria McCollum (Contribution by); Robert McParland (Contribution by); Salvador Jimenez Murguia (Contribution by); Iri
ISBN: 9781442241299
Publication Date: 2014-08-26
The Image of the Black in Western Art by Jean Vercoutter; Jean Leclant; Frank M. Snowden; Jehan Desanges; Ladislas Bugner; Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow (Foreword by)
ISBN: 9780939594016
Publication Date: 1990-03-01
Enter the new Negroes: images of race in American culture by Nadell, Martha
Call Number: E185.6 .N16502004
ISBN: 9780674015111
Posing beauty: african american images from the 1890s to the present by Willis, Deborah
Call Number: TR680 .W53 2009
ISBN: 9780393066968
In search of the Black fantastic: politics and popular culture in the post civil rights era by Iton, Richard
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Call Number: E185.625 .I76 2008
ISBN: 9780195178463
African Americans and Popular Culture by Todd Boyd (Editor)
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Call Number: REF E185.625 .A384 2008 v.1-3
ISBN: 9780275989224
Publication Date: 2008-10-30

ART108/HUM108

ART108/HUM108 Black Images in Popular Culture will explore the ways in which blacks have been depicted in society. It will trace, thematically and chronologically, the development of stereotypes and images that have been created in Western culture, most specifically in the Untied States of America. The various means artists have used to counter those stereotypes by using techniques of resistance and counter narratives will be examined.

Art/Hum 108 aids students in developing an understanding of the historical and current impact that popular culture has on the perception and construction of images of the Black community. Through analysis of cultural and artistic texts; and the reading of philosophy and cultural theory students will learn to take a critical and analytical approach to popular culture and its impact on American culture and its attitudes. Students will learn to develop ideas and articulate them in oral and written form through written assignments, oral presentations, creative projects, and class discussions.

Selected Internet Resources (Image Search)

African American Odyssey: Library of Congress
This Special Presentation of the Library of Congress exhibition, The African-American Odyssey: A Quest for Full Citizenship, showcases the Library's incomparable African-American collections. The presentation was not only a highlight of what is on view in this major black history exhibition, but also a glimpse into the Library's vast African-American collections. Both include a wide array of important and rare books, government documents, manuscripts, maps, musical scores, plays, films, and recordings.
Amistad Digital Resource Center
"...it is this notion that movements can and will change the world we live in that makes the legacy of the African American freedom movement so important. How can these tales of resistance and of mobilization for change inform the way that we move toward a more equitable world? What are the struggles that still exist? These are the questions that we hope this resource will raise in the classroom."
Black Past: Remembered & Reclaimed
"This 10,000 page reference center is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history in the United States and on the history of the more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world. It includes an online encyclopedia of hundreds of famous and lesser known figures in African American history, Global African history and specifically the history of African Americans in the West."
Black Visual Archive (BVA)
Black Visual Archive (BVA) is dedicated to the documentation and review of contemporary black and post-black visual culture. Founded in 2010 by Meg Onli, BVA is a collection of critical writings that contextualizes the work of African American artists through historical and visual history.
Google Arts & Culture: Black History and Culture
Discover thousands of artworks, artifacts and stories from cultural organizations across the United States. Explore 6761 images, artifacts and more; online exhibits, and virtual tours of historic sites.
Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia
"Using Objects of Intolerance to Teach Tolerance and Promote Social Justice"
Now Dig This!: Art and Black Los Angeles, 1960-1980
Digital archive of the exhibition that chronicled the vital legacy of the city's African American artists. View art and themes from the exhibit, read biographies of the featured artists, and essays from the exhibit catalogue.
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, a research unit of The New York Public Library, is generally recognized as one of the leading institutions of its kind in the world. For over 80 years the Center has collected, preserved, and provided access to materials documenting black life, and promoted the study and interpretation of the history and culture of peoples of African descent.
The History Makers
The HistoryMakers is a national, 501(c)(3) non-profit educational institution committed to preserving, developing and providing easy access to an internationally recognized archival collection of thousands of African American video oral histories.
Image of the Black Archive & Library Hutchins Center
Spanning nearly 5,000 years and documenting virtually all forms of media, the Image of the Black Archive & Library is an unprecedented research project devoted to the systematic investigation of how people of African descent have been perceived and represented in art.

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Black Images in Popular Culture Library Orientation

Library Orientation
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