| Description |
xxv, 201 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Black cultural politics and commercial culture -- Reaganism and the sign of blackness -- African American discourses and the sign of blackness -- The transformation of the television industry and the social production of blackness -- The politics of representation in network television -- It's a different world where you come from -- Frank's place : possibilities, limitations, and legacies -- Spectacles, sideshows, and irreverence : In living color -- Jammin' on the one! Some reflections on the politics of Black popular culture -- Margin (in)to future : from a racial past to a "different" future |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [177]-198) and index |
| Subject |
African Americans on television.
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| LC no. |
2004011774 |
| ISBN |
0816645108 alkaline paper |
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