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African Americans and the Media
Catherine Squires
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Description for African Americans and the Media
Hardback. Provides a textbook overview of the past, present, and future of African Americans in US media. Brings together work from a variety of disciplines to provide the fullest understanding of this complex relationship to date. Series: Media and Minorities. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 259 x 186 x 23. Weight in Grams: 748.
From pamphlets denouncing slavery to boycotts of Hollywood, African Americans have fought for adequate representations of themselves in the mass media industries of the United States. This book provides readers with an interdisciplinary overview of the past, present, and future of African Americans in U.S. media and the ongoing project of gaining racial equality in media: a process which spans generations. Catherine Squires introduces the reader to the varied ways in which Black Americans have navigated cultural, political, and economic obstacles both to make their own media and to critique mainstream media.
From pamphlets denouncing slavery to boycotts of Hollywood, African Americans have fought for adequate representations of themselves in the mass media industries of the United States. This book provides readers with an interdisciplinary overview of the past, present, and future of African Americans in U.S. media and the ongoing project of gaining racial equality in media: a process which spans generations. Catherine Squires introduces the reader to the varied ways in which Black Americans have navigated cultural, political, and economic obstacles both to make their own media and to critique mainstream media.
Synthesizing the work of social scientists, historians, ... Read more
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Series
Media and Minorities
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745640341
SKU
V9780745640341
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99-1
About Catherine Squires
Catherine Squires, Cowles Professor of Journalism, Diversity & Equality, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Reviews for African Americans and the Media
"Prof. Squires has accomplished something quite remarkable with African Americans and the Media. This is not simply a 'textbook'. Rather, it is one of the most comprehensive, engaged works of scholarship to chart the relationship African Americans have with media. This book not only covers every medium, from print to internet, but it also examines innovation, audience reception, and even ... Read more