Race, Media, and the Crisis of Civil Society - From Watts to Rodney King

Klappentext Charts the history, development and influence of the African-American Press. Zusammenfassung The first comprehensive account of the development of the African-American Press in New York! Chicago and Los Angeles! this book compares 'mainstream' and African-American media coverage of racial crises such as the Watts riot! Rodney King! the LA uprisings and the O. J. Simpson trial. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 2. Race, media and multiple publics; 3. Historicizing the public sphere(s): New York, Los Angeles, Chicago; 4. The Watts uprisings of 1965; 5. The Rodney King beating; 6. Rodney King 1992; 7. Conclusion; Notes; References; Index.

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• Authors: Ronald N. Jacobs, Ronald N. (State University of New York Jacobs
• Assisted by: Jeffrey C. Alexander (Editor), Steven Seidman (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.08.2000
• EAN: 9780521625784
• ISBN: 978-0-521-62578-4
• No. of pages: 204
• Series: Cambridge Cultural Social Stud; Cambridge Cultural Social Stud
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories