Images of West Indian immigrants in mass media : the struggle for a positive ethnic reputation / Christine M. Du Bois.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Du Bois, Christine M., 1962-

Series:

New Americans (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)

The new Americans

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

West Indian Americans in mass media.

Mass media--United States.

Mass media.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (223 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : LFB Scholarly, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Du Bois explores mass media's unflattering images of "black" Caribbean immigrants. Drawing on the extended case study in the Chesapeake region, she highlights media ethics in relation to minorities. Analyses of journalism, advertisements, TV, and film reveal ways these immigrants were unfairly depicted during the 1980s and 1990s and how relationships among law enforcers, journalists, criminals, and Hollywood writers shaped media representations. Du Bois also details the West Indians' response. She places their concerns in the context of an America where dark-skinned immigrants can be subjected to racism and xenophobia, particularly when members of their community commit crimes. Her findings are relevant to the current struggle to balance journalism about terrorists with a desire to treat all Americans fairly.

Contents:

A police raid and the research problems it revealed

Why media representations matter

West Indians in print and television news

Images in Chesapeake advertising and marketing

Hollywood's West Indians

Local West Indian responses to media imagery.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-202) and index.

ISBN:

1-59332-116-3

OCLC:

58678871