ISBN:
9780226451909
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0226451909
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9780226451886
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0226451887
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9780226451893
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0226451895
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 199 pages)
DDC:
302.2/3450968
Keywords:
Cosby show (Television program : 1984-1992) Influence
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Cosby show
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1900 - 1999
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Geschichte 1900-2000
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History
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies
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Cosby show (Television program : 1984-1992)
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Apartheid
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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Mass media and race relations
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Race relations
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Television and politics
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Television broadcasting / Social aspects
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Television viewers / Attitudes
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Whites / Attitudes
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Geschichte
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Gesellschaft
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Television broadcasting Social aspects 20th century
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History
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Television and politics History 20th century
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Television viewers Attitudes 20th century
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History
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Whites Attitudes 20th century
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History
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Mass media and race relations History 20th century
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Apartheid
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Einfluss
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Apartheid
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Südafrika (Staat)
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Online-Publikation
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Cosby show
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Einfluss
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Apartheid
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-188) and index
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Media, democratization, and the end(s) of apartheid -- Structured absences and communicative spaces -- In the absence of television -- "They stayed 'til the flag streamed" -- Surfing into Zulu -- Living with the Huxtables in a state of emergency -- I may not be a freedom fighter, but I play one on TV -- Television and the afterlife of apartheid
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During the worst years of apartheid, the most popular show on television in South Africa--among both Black and White South Africans--was The Cosby Show. Why did people living under a system built on the idea that Black people were inferior and threatening flock to a show that portrayed African Americans as comfortably mainstream? Starring Mandela and Cosby takes up this paradox, revealing the surprising impact of television on racial politics. The South African government maintained a ban on television until 1976, and according to Ron Krabill, they were right to be wary of its potential power. Th
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