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Paving the empire road : BBC television and black Britons / / Darrell M. Newton



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Autore: Newton Darrell M. Visualizza persona
Titolo: Paving the empire road : BBC television and black Britons / / Darrell M. Newton Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Manchester ; ; New York : , : Manchester University Press, , 2011
Manchester, UK : , : Manchester University Press, , [2013]
©2011
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xvi, 267 pages) : illustrations, portraits; digital file(s)
Disciplina: 384.554408996729041
Soggetto topico: Television broadcasting - Social aspects - Great Britain
Television and politics - Great Britain - History
West Indians - Great Britain - Public opinion - History - 20th century
Film and Media
Media Studies
PERFORMING ARTS / Television / History & Criticism
Media studies
Soggetto geografico: Great Britain Race relations History 20th century
Great Britain Colonies Emigration and immigration History 20th century
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Soggetto non controllato: African-Caribbeans
BBC Television Service
Britishness
ITV
assimilation
black Britons
citizenship
colour prejudice
race relations
racial tensions
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 252 - 259) and index.
Nota di contenuto: Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Radio, race, and the Television Service; 2. Television programming and social impact; 3. Voices of contention and BBC programming; 4. A Black eye; 5. Contemporary voices from within; Appendix; Selected bibliography; Index
Sommario/riassunto: Beginning in the 1930's and moving into the post millennium, Newton provides a historical analysis of policies invoked, and practices undertaken as the Service attempted to assist white Britons in understanding the impact of African-Caribbeans, and their assimilation into constructs of Britishness. Management soon approved talks and scientific studies as a means of examining racial tensions, as ITV challenged the discourses of British broadcasting. Soon, BBC2 began broadcasting; and more issues of race appeared on the screens, each reflecting sometimes comedic, somewhat dystopic, often problema
Titolo autorizzato: Paving the empire road  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-84779-767-9
1-5261-4361-5
1-78170-284-5
1-84779-460-2
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910791952903321
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