02898nam 2200625Ia 450 991045128270332120211028193222.01-280-53377-30-19-535565-2(CKB)1000000000410322(EBL)431406(OCoLC)252605331(SSID)ssj0000125014(PQKBManifestationID)11143895(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000125014(PQKBWorkID)10026190(PQKB)10628976(MiAaPQ)EBC431406(Au-PeEL)EBL431406(CaPaEBR)ebr10279246(CaONFJC)MIL53377(EXLCZ)99100000000041032219980504d1999 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrColor by Fox[electronic resource] the Fox network and the revolution in Black television /Kristal Brent ZookNew York Oxford University Press19991 online resource (177 p.)W.E.B. Du Bois InstituteDescription based upon print version of record.0-19-510612-1 0-19-510548-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. 118-142) and index.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 Activism7: Boricua Power in the Boogie-Down Bronx: Puerto Rican Nationalism on New York Undercover Conclusion; Notes; References; Index;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.W.E.B. Du Bois Institute (Series)African Americans on televisionAfrican Americans in television broadcastingElectronic books.African Americans on television.African Americans in television broadcasting.791.450896073791.456520396073Zook Kristal Brent1021020MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451282703321Color by Fox2417797UNINA