Living Color: Race and Television in the United States

Book Overview

Recent media events like the confirmation hearings for Clarence Thomas, the beating of Rodney King and its aftermath, and the murder trial of O.J. Simpson have trained our collective eye on the televised spectacle of race. Living Color combines media studies, cultural studies, and critical race theory to investigate the representation of race on American TV.
Ranging across television genres, historical periods, and racial formations, Living...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822321955
• ISBN13: 9780822321958
• Release Date: August 1998
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.3"