Roots - A Cultural History

About the author

Eric Pierson is a professor and former chair of the Communication Studies Department at the University of San Diego. He has written on a variety of topics for outlets such as Screening Noir, The Journal of Mass Media Ethics, and Scope. His most recent writings, “The Promise of Roots” and “In The Beginning There Was Shaft,” appear in Watching While Black: Centering the Television of Black Audiences and Beyond Blaxploitation. Pierson is a regular guest and panel moderator for the Roger Ebert Film Festival in Champaign/Urbana. He can also be seen in the documentaries Infiltrating Hollywood: The Rise and Fall of the Spook Who Sat By The Door and Cover Story: The Press Your Luck Scandal.

Product details

• Authors: Eric Pierson
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 02.04.2026
• EAN: 9781538153925
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-5392-5
• No. of pages: 256
• Illustrations: 20 BW Photos
• Series: The Cultural History of Television
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; Popular Culture, Television, PERFORMING ARTS / Television / Reference, PERFORMING ARTS / Television / History & Criticism, PERFORMING ARTS / Television / Genres / Drama, Film, TV & radio, Film, television, radio genres: Drama