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Media matters : race and gender in U.S. politics / John Fiske.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fiske, John.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Popular culture--United States.
- Popular culture.
- Mass media--Political aspects--United States.
- Mass media.
- Politics and culture--United States.
- Politics and culture.
- United States--Politics and government--1989-1993.
- United States.
- United States--Politics and government--1993-2001.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (318 p.)
- Edition:
- Rev. ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c1996.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Illustrates how people engaged in struggles over race, class and gender have influenced the way the nation made sense of key media events such as the O. J. Simpson murder trial, the Anita Hill-Clarence Thomas hearings, the L.A. riots, and the family values debate between Dan Quayle and Murphy Brown.
- Contents:
- Contents; List of Sidebars; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1. Murphy Brown, Dan Quayle, and the Family Row of the Year; Chapter 2. Hearing Anita Hill (and Viewing Bill Cosby); Chapter 3. Los Angeles: A Tale of Three Videos; Chapter 4. Blackstream Knowledge: Genocide; Chapter 5. Technostruggles; Epilogue; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Revised edition of Media matters: everyday culture and political change, 1994.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-295) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8166-8598-3
- OCLC:
- 476093634
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