Book/Printed Material Technicolored : reflections on race in the time of TV
About this Item
Title
- Technicolored : reflections on race in the time of TV
Names
- DuCille, Ann, author.
Created / Published
- Durham : Duke University Press, 2018.
Contents
- Introduction: black and white and technicolored: channeling the TV life -- What's in a game?: quiz shows and the "prism of race" -- "Those thrilling days of yesteryear": stigmatic blackness and the rise of technicolored TV -- The Shirley Temple of my familiar : take two -- Interracial loving : sexlessness in the suburbs of the 1960s -- "A credit to my race": acting Black and Black acting from Julia to Scandal -- A clear and present absence: Perry Mason and the case of the missing "minorities" -- "Soaploitation": getting away with murder in primetime -- The Punch and Judge Judy shows: really real TV and the dangers of a day in court -- The autumn of his discontent: Bill Cosby, fatherhood, and the politics of palatability -- The "thug default": why racial representation still matters -- Epilogue: final spin: "that's not my food".
Headings
- - African Americans on television
- - Race on television
- - Racism on television
- - Television programs--United States
Notes
- - Includes bibliographical references and index.
- - Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.
Medium
- 1 online resource.
Call Number/Physical Location
- PN1992.8.A34
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2018009529
Rights Advisory
- Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International CC BY-NC-ND https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode External
Access Advisory
- Unrestricted online access
Online Format
- image