Adjusting the Contrast - British Television and Constructs of Race

Informationen zum Autor Darrell Newton is Professor of Media Studies and Associate Dean at Salisbury University, USA Klappentext This volume looks at a range of texts and practices that address race and its relationship with television. The chapters explore television policy and the management of race, how transnationalism can diminish racial diversity, historical questions of representation, the myth of a multicultural England and more. They also provide analyses of programmes such as Doctor Who , Shoot the Messenger , Desi DNA , Survivors and Top Boy , all of which are considered in the context of the broadcast environments that helped to create them. While efforts have been made to put diverse portrayals on screen, there are still significant problems with the stories being told. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction - Sarita Malik and Darrell M. Newton1 A little Brit different? BBC America and transnational constructs of Britishness - Darrell M. Newton2 Scheduling race - Anamik Saha3 Reframing the 1950s: race and representation in recent British television - James Burton4 Black British drama, losses and gains: the case of Shoot the Messenger - Sarita Malik5 The iconic ghetto on British television: Black representation and Top Boy - Kehinde Andrews6 Whiteness, normativity and the ongoing racial Other: imperial fictions: Doctor Who , post-racial slavery and other liberal humanist fantasies - Susana Loza7 Myth of a multicultural England in BBC's Luther - Nicole M. Jackson8 Framing The Fosters : jokes, racism and Black and Asian voices in British comedy television - Gavin SchafferIndex

Product details

• Authors: Sarita Newton Malik
• Assisted by: Sarita Malik (Editor), Malik Sarita (Editor), Darrell M Newton (Editor), Darrell M. Newton (Editor), Newton Darrell M. (Editor)
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2017
• EAN: 9781526100986
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-0098-6
• No. of pages: 232
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, Television, PERFORMING ARTS / Television / General, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, TV & society, Media studies: TV and society, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General