Revolution televised
Subtitle: prime time and the struggle for Black power
By: Christine Acham.
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
Subjects: African Americans on television; Television broadcasting -- Social aspects -- United States
Description: "In Revolution Televised, Christine Acham explores the intersection of popular television and race as witnessed from the documentary coverage of the civil rights and Black Power movements, the personal politics of Flip Wilson and Soul Train's Don Cornelius, and the ways in which notorious X-rated comic Redd Foxx reinvented himself for prime time. Reflecting on both the potential of television to effect social change as well as it limitations, Acham analyzes Richard Pryor's politically charged and short-lived sketch comedy show and the success of outspoken comic Chris Rock." "Revolution Televised 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."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Reading the roots of resistance : television of the Black revolution; title: Was the revolution televised? Network news and Black journal; title: What you see is what you get : Soul train and the Flip Wilson show; title: This ain't no junk : Sanford and son and African American humor; title: Respect yourself! Black women and power in Julia and Good times; title: That nigger's crazy : the rise and demise of the Richard Pryor show; title: Movin' on up : contemporary television as a site of resistance.