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Author Smith-Shomade, Beretta E., 1965-

Title Pimpin' ain't easy : selling Black Entertainment Television / Beretta E. Smith-Shomade
Published New York : Routledge, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 210 pages) : illustrations
Contents Introduction -- Eyes wide shut: capitalism, class, and the promise of Black media -- Now that's Black! BET business -- I'm Rick James, BitchHHHH! BET programming -- The impossibility of us: BET impact -- It's your turn: Black to the future
Summary Explores the legacy of Black Entertainment Television (BET): what the network has provided to the larger U.S. television economy, and more specifically, to its target African-American demographic. The book examines whether the company has fulfilled its stated goals and implied obligation to African-American communties
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-198) and index
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Subject Black Entertainment Television.
SUBJECT Black Entertainment Television fast
Subject African Americans on television.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Television & Video.
African Americans on television
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LC no. 2007005615
ISBN 9781135869496
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