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American pietàs visions of race, death, and the maternal

Title
American pietàs [electronic resource] : visions of race, death, and the maternal / Ruby C. Tapia.
Author
Tapia, Ruby C.
Publication
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2011.

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Description
1 online resource (202 p.) : ill.
Series Statement
Critical American studies series
Uniform Title
American pietàs (Online)
Alternative Title
American pietàs (Online)
Subject
  • Motherhood in popular culture > United States
  • Death in popular culture > United States
  • Ethnicity > United States
  • Pietà
  • Mothers in art
  • Death in art
  • Race in art
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Machine generated contents note: 1.Maternal Visions, Racial Seeing: Theories of the Photographic in Barthes's Camera Lucida -- 2.Commemorating Whiteness: The Ghost of Diana in the U.S. Popular Press -- 3.Beloved Therapies: Oprah and the Hollywood Production of Maternal Horror -- 4.Prodigal (Non)Citizens: Teen Pregnancy and Public Health at the Border -- 5.Breeding Patriotism: The Widows of 9/11 and the Prime-time Wombs of National Memory.
LCCN
2011001281
OCLC
ssj0000520865
Author
Tapia, Ruby C.
Title
American pietàs [electronic resource] : visions of race, death, and the maternal / Ruby C. Tapia.
Imprint
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2011.
Series
Critical American studies series
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
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