Douglas Holt's 2004 book “How Brands Become Cultural Icons" defines iconic brands as brands that are time-tested, important cultural symbols - they represent popular values, ideas and identities within a culture and are highly symbolic or meaningful in a society. He writes that iconic brands and iconic individuals "serve as society's foundational compass points - … Continue reading Elvis as American Cultural Icon
Holly Norris’s "American Able": A Statement on Identity and Exclusion in Advertising & the Mass Media
Photographer Holly Norris's "American Able" makes a powerful statement on the standard practice of excluding women with disabilities from the mass media and the othering that occurs through this exclusion. From her website: "American Able" intends to, through spoof, reveal the ways in which women with disabilities are made invisible in advertising and mass media. … Continue reading Holly Norris’s "American Able": A Statement on Identity and Exclusion in Advertising & the Mass Media
