Keywords:
Electronic books
Description / Table of Contents:
" Black Television Travels provides a detailed and insightful view of the roots and routes of the televisual representations of blackness on the transnational media landscape. By following the circulation of black cultural products and their institutionalized discourses-including industry lore, taste cultures, and the multiple stories of black experiences that have and have not made it onto the small screen-Havens complicates discussions of racial representation and exposes possibilities for more expansive representations of blackness while recognizing the limitations of the seemingly liberato
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
Online-Ressource (228 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2013 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9780814737200
Series Statement:
Critical Cultural Communication
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=1137508
DDC:
791.45/08996073
Language:
English
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction: African American Television Trade; 1. Roots and the Perils of African American Television Drama in a Global World; 2. Integrated Eighties Situation Comedies and the Struggle against Apartheid; 3. The Cosby Show, Family Themes, and the Ascent of White Situation Comedies Abroad in the Late 1980s; 4. The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Channel Fragmentation, and the Recognition of Difference; 5. The Worldwide Circulation of Contemporary African American Television; 6. Black Television from Elsewhere: The Globalization of Non-U.S. Black Television
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Conclusion: Transnational Televisual Aesthetics and Global Discourses of RaceNotes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z; About the Author
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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