- Paperback: 224 pages
- Publisher: University of Minnesota Press; New edition edition (15 July 1997)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0816622515
- ISBN-13: 978-0816622511
- Product Dimensions: 2.3 x 1.5 x 0.1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,886,889 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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In the late 1980s and early 1990s television representations of African Americans exploded on the small screen. Starting with the portrayal of blacks on series such as The Jack Benny Show and Amos ’n’ Andy and continuing through The Cosby Show and In Living Color, Gray shows how the meaning of blackness on screen has changed through the years.
Herman Gray is professor of sociology at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He is also the author of Producing Jazz and has appeared in the documentaries Color Adjustment and Signal to Noise. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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A professor assigned this book in my sociology class. Gray offers truthful and sobering ideas about blackness as defined by American media. He spoons out aspects of our favorite tv programs we may not want to swallow...but we need a taste of this medicine. We need to be aware. Have you ever really thought about the impact of In Living Color and Family Matters on your self-perception? You might pull your kids from in front of the tv set after reading this book. Though the author overlaps himself with words as he tries to explain in true sociologist form (it's very annoying sometimes), the underlying message is clear--we need more more critical discourse about images of blackness in our society. I'm taking off points for wordiness.
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Blackness in America Pop Culture Truthfully Explored
20 Nov 1997
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A professor assigned this book in my sociology class. Gray offers truthful and sobering ideas about blackness as defined by American media. He spoons out aspects of our favorite tv programs we may not want to swallow...but we need a taste of this medicine. We need to be aware. Have you ever really thought about the impact of In Living Color and Family Matters on your self-perception? You might pull your kids from in front of the tv set after reading this book. Though the author overlaps himself with words as he tries to explain in true sociologist form (it's very annoying sometimes), the underlying message is clear--we need more more critical discourse about images of blackness in our society. I'm taking off points for wordiness.
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