"Black Bart" Simpson : appropriation and revitalization in commodity culture

Author

Parisi, Peter

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Journal of popular culture. 1993, Num. 1, Vol. 27, 125-142, 2 ill.

ISSN

0022-3840

Abstract (en)

On T-shirts which appeared in 1990 with bootlegged images of Matt Groening's comic character Bart Simpson, with Bart now dark-skinned and posed in a variety of black identities.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1945-present -- Decorative arts -- Textiles and costume -- United States
• T-shirts
• United States
• 1900-2000
• Iconography
• Bart Simpson
• African Americans
• Groening, Matthew, b.1954
• Comics
• Popular culture
• Commerce
• Alteration

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1945-présent -- Arts décoratifs -- Textiles et costume -- États-Unis
• Tee-shirt
• Etats-Unis
• 1900-2000
• Iconographie
• Bart Simpson
• Afro-Américains
• Groening, Matthew, n.1954
• Bande dessinée
• Culture populaire
• Commerce
• Altération

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19941001-00347619

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