Malik / Unknown / Newton Adjusting the contrast

British television and constructs of race
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-5261-2873-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: PC/MAC/eReader/Tablet

E-Book, Englisch, 232 Seiten

This volume looks at a range of texts and practices that address race and its relationship with television. It explores television policy and the management of race, how transnationalism can diminish racial diversity, historical questions of representation, the myth of a multicultural England and more.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Unknown,

Malik, Sarita

Newton, Darrell M.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Populärkultur
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Freizeitsoziologie, Konsumsoziologie, Alltagssoziologie, Populärkultur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction – Sarita Malik and Darrell M. Newton
1 A little Brit different? BBC America and transnational constructs of Britishness – Darrell M. Newton
2 Scheduling race – Anamik Saha
3 Reframing the 1950s: race and representation in recent British television – James Burton
4 Black British drama, losses and gains: the case of Shoot the Messenger – Sarita Malik
5 The iconic ghetto on British television: Black representation and Top Boy – Kehinde Andrews
6 Whiteness, normativity and the ongoing racial Other: imperial fictions: Doctor Who, post-racial slavery and other liberal humanist fantasies – Susana Loza
7 Myth of a multicultural England in BBC’s Luther – Nicole M. Jackson
8 Framing The Fosters: jokes, racism and Black and Asian voices in British comedy television – Gavin Schaffer
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Newton Darrell M.:
Darrell Newton is Professor of Media Studies and Associate Dean at Salisbury University, USASarita Malik is Professor of Media, Culture and Communications at Brunel University

Darrell M. Newton is Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Dean of Graduate Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire