Adjusting the contrast (eBook)

British television and constructs of race

Sarita Malik, Darrell M. Newton (Herausgeber)

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2017
232 Seiten
Manchester University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5261-2874-4 (ISBN)

Infos

This volume looks at a range of texts and practices that
address race and its relationship with television. It explores television
policy and the management of race, how transnationalism can diminish racial
diversity, historical questions of representation, the myth of a multicultural
England and more.

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This volume looks at a range of texts and practices that address race and its relationship with television. The chapters explore television policy and the management of race, how transnationalism can diminish racial diversity, historical questions of representation, the myth of a multicultural England and more. They also provide analyses of programmes such as Doctor Who, Shoot the Messenger, Desi DNA, Survivors and Top Boy, all of which are considered in the context of the broadcast environments that helped to create them. While efforts have been made to put diverse portrayals on screen, there are still significant problems with the stories being told. -- .

Autor

Sarita Malik is Professor of Media, Culture and Communications at Brunel University Darrell M. Newton is Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Dean of Graduate Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire

Inhalt

Introduction – Sarita Malik and Darrell M. Newton
1 A little Brit different? BBC America and transnational constructs of Britishness – Darrell M. Newton
2 Scheduling race – Anamik Saha
3 Reframing the 1950s: race and representation in recent British television – James Burton
4 Black British drama, losses and gains: the case of Shoot the Messenger – Sarita Malik
5 The iconic ghetto on British television: Black representation and Top Boy – Kehinde Andrews
6 Whiteness, normativity and the ongoing racial Other: imperial fictions: Doctor Who, post-racial slavery and other liberal humanist fantasies – Susana Loza
7 Myth of a multicultural England in BBC’s Luther – Nicole M. Jackson
8 Framing The Fosters: jokes, racism and Black and Asian voices in British comedy television – Gavin Schaffer
Index

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.9.2017
• Zusatzinfo: 48 black and white illustrations
• Verlagsort: Manchester
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: Asian British comedy • BBC • Black British comedy • Black representation • British history • British multiculturalism • British television • Channel 4 • Cultural Identity • Cultural Production • Ethnicity • far-right politics • Identity • Immigration • multicultural England • Multiculturalism • policy studies • public service broadcasting • Public Service Media • Race • racial difference • Racial Diversity • racial representations • representations • stereotypes • Television • Television Drama • transnationalism
• ISBN-10: 1-5261-2874-8 / 1526128748
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5261-2874-4 / 9781526128744