Watching race
Subtitle: television and the struggle for blackness
By: Herman Gray ; with a new introduction.
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 201
Subjects: African Americans on television.
Description: "With a new introduction, Herman Gray's classic investigation of television and race shows how the meaning of blackness on-screen has changed over the years by examining the portrayal of blacks on series such as The Jack Benny Show and Amos 'n' Andy, continuing through The Cosby Show and In Living Color."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Black cultural politics and commercial culture; title: Reaganism and the sign of blackness; title: African American discourses and the sign of blackness; title: The transformation of the television industry and the social production of blackness; title: The politics of representation in network television; title: It's a different world where you come from; title: Frank's place : possibilities, limitations, and legacies; title: Spectacles, sideshows, and irreverence : In living color; title: Jammin' on the one! Some reflections on the politics of Black popular culture; title: Margin (in)to future : from a racial past to a "different" future.