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Racial spectacles : explorations in media, race, and justice /
Racial spectacles : explorations in media, race, and justice examines the crucial role the media has played in circulating and shaping national dialogues about race through demonstrations of crime and racialized violence. Jonathan Markovitz argues that mass media 'racial spectacles' often...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Routledge,
2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Racial spectacles : explorations in media, race, and justice examines the crucial role the media has played in circulating and shaping national dialogues about race through demonstrations of crime and racialized violence. Jonathan Markovitz argues that mass media 'racial spectacles' often work to shore up racist stereotypes, but that they also provide opportunities to challenge prevalent conceptions of race, and can be seized upon as vehicles for social protest. This book explores a series of mass media spectacles revolving around the news, prime-time television, Hollywood cinema, and the ... |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 227 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-180) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780203843215 0203843215 1136911251 9781136911255 1283105748 9781283105743 9786613105745 6613105740 |