Paving the Empire Road : BBC television and black Britons / / by Darrell M. Newton
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| Autore: |
Newton Darrell M.
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| Titolo: |
Paving the Empire Road : BBC television and black Britons / / by Darrell M. Newton
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| Pubblicazione: | Manchester : , : Manchester University Press, , 2019 |
| ©2019 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (289 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 302.23450941 |
| 791.45089960729 | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references 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: | 1-5261-4361-5 |
| 1-78170-284-5 | |
| 1-84779-460-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910465953203321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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