Revolution televised : prime time and the struggle for Black power / Christine Acham.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Acham, Christine.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans on television.

Television broadcasting--Social aspects--United States.

Television broadcasting.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (256 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis, Minn. ; London : University of Minnesota Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Revolution Televised, Christine Acham offers a complex reading of African American television history, finding within programs like Sanford and Son and Good Times opposition to dominant white constructions of African American identity. Revolution Televised deftly illustrates how black television artists operated within the constraints of the television industry to resist and ultimately shape the mass media's portrayal of African American life.

Contents:

Reading the roots of resistance : television of the Black revolution

Was the revolution televised? : network news and Black journal

What you see is what you get : Soul train and the Flip Wilson show

This ain't no junk : Sanford and son and African American humor

Respect yourself! Black women and power in Julia and Good times

That nigger's crazy : the rise and demise of the Richard Pryor show

Movin' on up : contemporary television as a site of resistance.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8166-9645-4

OCLC:

191948762