Whiteness [In]Visible: Eminem and the Politics of White Male Privilege.
This essay examines Eminem's uneasy relationship with race. He has capitalized on a traditionally African-American art form while emphasizing and simultaneously effacing his own racial heritage. Indeed, one must see Eminem as both black and white in order for his public image to be fully coherent. H...
| Publicado en: | Anachronist Vol. 14; pp. 159 - 185 |
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