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Representing Black Britain

Black and Asian Images on Television
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Representing Black Britain offers the first critical history of Black and Asian representation on British television from the earliest days of broadcasting to the present day. Working through programmes as wide-ranging as the early documentaries to 'ethic sitcoms' and youth television, this book provides a detailed analysis of shifting institutional contexts, images of 'race' and ethnic-minority cultural politics in modern Britain. The book: * focuses on issues of representation, ideology, 'race' and difference * covers a spectrum of television genres including documentary, news, comedy, light entertainment, youth television, drama, film and sport * examines the sociopolitical context of Black Britain * looks at questions of policy and the institutional context of British Broadcasting
Representation, History and `Black Britain' Questions of Context The Racialization of the Black Subject in Television Documentary The Institutionalization of the Black Voice on Television Questions of Access, Multicultural Programming and Cultural Diversity The Packaging of Black Identities in Television News Narratives `Is it `cos I is Black?' The Black Situation in Television Comedy Light Entertainment on Television - and the Black-British Cultures it is Missing Reflections on Black Masculinities and British Sporting Culture on Television Casting the Black Subject in Television Drama Pounds, Policy and Pressure Black-British Film-Making - `As Seen on TV' The Struggle for Meanings of `Blackness' Summary and Conclusion
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