Enlightened Racism

The Cosby Show, Audiences, And The Myth Of The American Dream
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-0-367-15435-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)

Buch, Englisch, 170 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 226 mm, Gewicht: 249 g

This book offers a radical challenge to the conventional wisdom concerning racial stereotyping in the United States and demonstrates how apparently progressive programs like The Cosby Show, despite good intentions, actually help to construct enlightened forms of racism.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jhally, Sut

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface -- Introducing -- Television and Reality: -- The Success of Cosby -- Black Experience: Images, Illusions, and Social Class -- Class and the Myth of the American Dream -- White Responses: The Emergence of “Enlightened” Racism -- Black Responses: The Hollow Images of Success -- Conclusion: Unpopular Messages in an Age of Popularity