ISBN:
9780816624621
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (318 p.)
Parallel Title:
Print version Media Matters : Race and Gender in U.S. Politics
DDC:
302.23
Keywords:
Mass media ; Political aspects ; United States
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Politics and culture ; United States
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Popular culture ; United States
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United States ; Politics and government ; 1989-1993
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United States ; Politics and government ; 1993-2001
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Illustrates how people engaged in struggles over race, class and gender have influenced the way the nation made sense of key media events such as the O. J. Simpson murder trial, the Anita Hill-Clarence Thomas hearings, the L.A. riots, and the family values debate between Dan Quayle and Murphy Brown
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; List of Sidebars; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1. Murphy Brown, Dan Quayle, and the Family Row of the Year; Chapter 2. Hearing Anita Hill (and Viewing Bill Cosby); Chapter 3. Los Angeles: A Tale of Three Videos; Chapter 4. Blackstream Knowledge: Genocide; Chapter 5. Technostruggles; Epilogue; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index;
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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