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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Ronald N. Jacobs, Ronald N. (State University of New York Jacobs
• Con la collaborazione di: Jeffrey C. Alexander (Editore), Steven Seidman (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 03.08.2000
• EAN: 9780521625784
• ISBN: 978-0-521-62578-4
• Pagine: 204
• Serie: Cambridge Cultural Social Stud; Cambridge Cultural Social Stud
• Categorie: Saggistica > Politica, società, economia > Società; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche