Burying Don Imus : anatomy of a scapegoat /

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"That's some nappy-headed hos." With these now-infamous words, uttered in 2007 to describe the supposed appearance of the Rutgers women's basketball team, the radio talk show host Don Imus became the improbable focus of a heated national discussion on race, gender, and the power...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Awkward, Michael
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, ©2009.
Temas:
Imus, Don.
Imus, Don
Radio broadcasters > United States.
Racism > United States.
Racisme > États-Unis.
PERFORMING ARTS > Radio > Reference.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies.
Race relations
Racism
Radio broadcasters
United States > Race relations.
États-Unis > Relations raciales.
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"That's some nappy-headed hos." With these now-infamous words, uttered in 2007 to describe the supposed appearance of the Rutgers women's basketball team, the radio talk show host Don Imus became the improbable focus of a heated national discussion on race, gender, and the power of language. Excoriated in the media as racist and sexist, Imus quickly lost the corporate sponsorships that had made his show so lucrative and, despite a public meeting with the Rutgers athletes and their coach to apologize for his comments, was fired by CBS two weeks later. In Burying Don Imus, Michael Awkward provid.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xv, 207 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780816670352
0816670358

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