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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784825503321

Autore

Zook Kristal Brent

Titolo

Color by Fox [[electronic resource] ] : the Fox network and the revolution in Black television / / Kristal Brent Zook

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1999

ISBN

0-19-772349-7

1-280-53377-3

0-19-535565-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (177 p.)

Collana

W.E.B. Du Bois Institute

Disciplina

791.450896073

791.456520396073

Soggetti

African Americans on television

African Americans in television broadcasting

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 118-142) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part 1: Color and Caste; 1: Blood Is Thicker than Mud: C-Note Goes to Compton on The Fresh Prince of Bel Air; 2: High Yella Bananas and Hair Weaves: The Sinbad Show; 3: Ralph Farquhar's South Central and Pearl's Place to Play: Why They Failed Before Moesha Hit; Part 2: Gender and Sexuality; 4: Sheneneh, Gender-Fuck, and Romance: Martin's Thin Line Between Love and Hate; 5: Living Single and the ""Fight for Mr. Right"": Latifah Don't Play; Part 3: Social Movement; 6: Under the Sign of Malcolm: Memory, Feminism, and Political Activism

7: Boricua Power in the Boogie-Down Bronx: Puerto Rican Nationalism on New York Undercover Conclusion; Notes; References; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

Offering an examination of the explosion of black television programming in the 1980's and 1990's, this book provides, an interpretation of black TV based in both journalism and critical theory. It incorporates interviews with executives, producers, and stars such as Sinbad and Quincy Jones.