Images of West Indian immigrants in mass media
Subtitle: the struggle for a positive ethnic reputation
By: Christine M. Du Bois.
Series: The new Americans; New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
Publisher: LFB Scholarly
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 205
Subjects: West Indian Americans in mass media.; Mass media -- United States.
Description: "The New Americans explores recent immigration and related changes in American society from the perspectives of sociology, anthropology, education, history, political science, psychology, economics, and law. Together the books help us to understanding how immigration is changing the United States. Each title is refereed by Professors Steven J. Gold and Ruben G. Rumbaut."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-202) and index.
Table of contents: title: A police raid and the research problems it revealed; title: Why media representations matter; title: West Indians in print and television news; title: Images in Chesapeake advertising and marketing; title: Hollywood's West Indians; title: Local West Indian responses to media imagery.