ISBN:
9781479809769
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (364 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg.
Parallel Title:
Print version The Colorblind Screen : Television in Post-Racial America
DDC:
302.23450973
Keywords:
Minorities on television
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Race relations on television
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Racism on television
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Television broadcasting ; Social aspects ; United States
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
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Online-Publikation
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Online-Publikation
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Aufsatzsammlung
Abstract:
The election of President Barack Obama signaled for many the realization of a post-racial America, a nation in which racism was no longer a defining social, cultural, and political issue. While many Americans espouse a ""colorblind"" racial ideology and publicly endorse the broad goals of integration and equal treatment without regard to race, in actuality this attitude serves to reify and legitimize racism and protects racial privileges by denying and minimizing the effects of systematic and institutionalized racism. In The Colorblind Screen , the contributors examine television's role as th
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Contents; Introduction; PART I: THEORIES OF COLORBLINDNESS; 1. Shades of Colorblindness: Rethinking Racial Ideology in the United States; 2. Rhyme and Reason: "Post-Race" and the Politics of Colorblind Racism; 3. The End of Racism? Colorblind Racism and Popular Media; PART II: ICONS OF POST-RACIAL AMERICA; 4. Oprah Winfrey: Cultural Icon of Mainstream (White) America; 5. The Race Denial Card: The NBA Lockout, LeBron James, and the Politics of New Racism; 6. Representations of Arabs and Muslims in Post-9/11 Television Dramas
Description / Table of Contents:
7. Maybe Brown People Aren't So Scary If They're Funny: Audience Readings of Arabs and Muslims on Cable Television ComediesPART III: REINSCRIBING WHITENESS; 8. "Some People Just Hide in Plain Sight": Historicizing Racism in Mad Men; 9. Watching TV with White Supremacists: A More Complex View of the Colorblind Screen; 10. BBFFs: Interracial Friendships in a Post-Racial World; PART IV: POST-RACIAL RELATIONSHIPS; 11. Matchmakers and Cultural Compatibility: Arranged Marriage, South Asians, and Racial Narratives on American Television
Description / Table of Contents:
12. Mainstreaming Latina Identity: Culture-Blind and Colorblind Themes in Viewer Interpretations of Ugly Betty13. Race in Progress, No Passing Zone: Battlestar Galactica, Colorblindness, and the Maintenance of Racial Order; About the Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
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