The post-racial mystique : media and race in the twenty-first century / Catherine R. Squires.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Squires, Catherine R., 1972- author.

Series:

Critical cultural communication

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media and race relations--United States.

Mass media and race relations.

Post-racialism.

Cultural pluralism in mass media.

United States.

Cultural pluralism in mass media--United States.

Post-racialism--United States.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (244 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, [2014]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

"Despite claims from pundits and politicians that we now live in a post-racial America, people seem to keep finding ways to talk about race--from celebrations of the inauguration of the first Black president to resurgent debates about police profiling, race and racism remain salient features of our world. When faced with fervent anti-immigration sentiments, record incarceration rates of Blacks and Latinos, and deepening socio-economic disparities, a new question has erupted in the last decade: What does being post-racial mean?The Post-Racial Mystique explores how a variety of media--the news, network television, and online, independent media--debate, define and deploy the term "post-racial" in their representations of American politics and society. Using examples from both mainstream and niche media--from prime-time television series to specialty Christian media and audience interactions on social media--Catherine Squires draws upon a variety of disciplines including communication studies, sociology, political science, and cultural studies in order to understand emergent strategies for framing post-racial America. She reveals the ways in which media texts cast U.S. history, re-imagine interpersonal relationships, employ statistics, and inventively redeploy other identity categories in a quest to formulate different ways of responding to race"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 Post-Racial News: Covering the "Joshua Generation" 17

2 Brothers from Another Mother: Rescripting Religious Ties to Overcome the Racial Past 65

3 The Post-Racial Family: Parenthood and the Politics of Interracial Relationships on TV 97

4 Post-Racial Audiences: Discussions of Parenthood's Interracial Couple 133

5 Not "Post-Racial," Race-Aware: Blogging Race in the Twenty-First Century 165.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2014. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

Other Format:

Print version: Squires, Catherine R. Post-racial mystique : media and race in the twenty-first century.

ISBN:

9780814770788

OCLC:

874163006

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.