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Adjusting the contrast : British television and constructs of race /

Through contextual and textual analyses, this title explores a range of texts and practices that address the ongoing phenomenon of race and its relationship to television. Chapters explore policies and the management of race; transnationalism and racial diversity; historical questions of representat...

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Autres auteurs: Newton, Darrell M. (Éditeur intellectuel), Malik, Sarita (Éditeur intellectuel)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Manchester University Press, 2017.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Table des matières:
  • A little Brit different? BBC America and transnational constructs of Britishness / Darrell M. Newton
  • Scheduling race / Anamik Saha
  • Reframing the 1950s: race and representation in recent British television: / James Burton
  • Black British drama, losses and gains: the case of Shoot the Messenger / Sarita Malik
  • The iconic ghetto on British television: Black representation and Top Boy / Kehinde Andrews
  • Whiteness, normativity and the ongoing racial Other: imperial fictions: Doctor Who, post-racial slavery and other liberal humanist fantasies / Susana Loza
  • Myth of a multicultural England in BBC's Luther / Nicole M. Jackson
  • Framing The Fosters: jokes, racism and Black and Asian voices in British comedy television / Gavin Schaffer.