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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457398403321

Autore

Fiske John

Titolo

Media matters [[electronic resource] ] : race and gender in U.S. politics / / John Fiske

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Minneapolis, : University of Minnesota Press, c1996

ISBN

0-8166-8598-3

Edizione

[Rev. ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (318 p.)

Disciplina

306/.0973

Soggetti

Popular culture - United States

Mass media - Political aspects - United States

Politics and culture - United States

Electronic books.

United States Politics and government 1989-1993

United States Politics and government 1993-2001

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Revised edition of Media matters: everyday culture and political change, 1994.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-295) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.