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

• Autore: Newton Darrell M.
• 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
• 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.: 9910807661503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II