Adjusting the contrast : British television and constructs of race /: British television and constructs of race. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Sarita Malik, Darrell M. Newton.
• Editors: Malik, Sarita; Newton, Darrell M
• Contents: Introduction – Sarita Malik and Darrell M. Newton; 1 A little Brit different? BBC America and transnational constructs of Britishness – Darrell M. Newton; 2 Scheduling race – Anamik Saha; 3 Reframing the 1950s: race and representation in recent British television – James Burton; 4 Black British drama, losses and gains: the case of Shoot the Messenger – Sarita Malik; 5 The iconic ghetto on British television: Black representation and Top Boy – Kehinde Andrews; 6 Whiteness, normativity and the ongoing racial Other: imperial fictions: Doctor Who, post-racial slavery and other liberal humanist fantasies – Susana Loza; 7 Myth of a multicultural England in BBC’s Luther – Nicole M. Jackson; 8 Framing The Fosters : jokes, racism and Black and Asian voices in British comedy television – Gavin Schaffer; Index
• Publisher Details: Manchester : Manchester University Press
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 791.45652900941; Television -- Great Britain -- History; Race on television; Great Britain -- Race relations
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781526128744; 9781526128737
• Related ISBNs: 9781526100986
• Notes: Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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