Television in black-and-white America : race and national identity / Alan Nadel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nadel, Alan, 1947- author.

Series:

CultureAmerica Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Black people on television.

National characteristics, American.

White people on television.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (239 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2005]

Summary:

Alan Nadel's provocative new book reminds us that most of the images on early TV were decidedly Caucasian and directed at predominantly white audiences.Television did not invent whiteness for America, but it did reinforce it as the norm--particularly during the Cold War years.

Contents:

Front Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

1. Black Bodies, White Space, and a Televisual Nation

2. Television, Reality, and Cold War Citizenship

3. Disneyland, the Interstate, and National Space

4. The Adult Western and the Western Bloc

5. Rebel Integrity, Southern Injustice, and Civil Rights

6. The New Frontier

Conclusion

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index

Back Cover.

Notes:

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780700639762

0700639764

OCLC:

1511108315