Revolution televised : prime time and the struggle for Black power

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In Revolution Televised, Christine Acham offers a complex reading of African American television history, finding within programs like Sanford and Son and Good Times opposition to dominant white constructions of African American identity. Revolution Televised deftly illustrates how black television...

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Main Author: Acham, Christine
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis, Minn. ; London : University of Minnesota Press, 2004.
Subjects:
African Americans on television.
Television broadcasting > Social aspects > United States.
PERFORMING ARTS > Television > General.
African Americans on television
Television broadcasting > Social aspects
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Noirs Americains a la television.
United States
USA
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Summary:In Revolution Televised, Christine Acham offers a complex reading of African American television history, finding within programs like Sanford and Son and Good Times opposition to dominant white constructions of African American identity. Revolution Televised deftly illustrates how black television artists operated within the constraints of the television industry to resist and ultimately shape the mass media's portrayal of African American life.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xv, 238 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780816696451
0816696454
0816644322
9780816644322

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