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Mediated Messages and African-American Culture

Contemporary Issues
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Images of African Americans abound in United States' culture - on television, in films, on the radio and in newsprint. Whether in works by African Americans - most notably popular music, film and now television programmes - or works about African Americans, from documentaries to news coverage, strong images pervade our public consciousness. Integrating applied analysis, case studies and critical perspectives, contributions from leading scholars explore key issues including: the relationship between black men and the police; the state of the African-American press; and the perpetuation of images of African Americans as poor, violent and undereducated.
Introduction - Venise T Berry Racialism and the Media PART ONE: ISSUES IN FILM Cultural Engineering and the Films of Spike Lee - William A Harris Intimations of Invisibility - Ruth Elizabeth Burks Black Women in Contemporary Hollywood Cinema The New Ghetto Aesthetic - Jacquie Jones PART TWO: ISSUES IN PRINT If It Weren't for Bad Luck - Oscar H Gandy Jr Framing Stories of Racially Comparative Risk How Four Newspapers Covered the 1992 Los Angeles `Riots' - Jyotika Ramaprasad Entering the Twenty-First Century - Reginald Owens Oppression and the African-American Press Carol Moseley-Braun - Carmen L Manning-Miller Black Women's Political Images in the Media PART THREE: ISSUES IN TELEVISION/CABLE Television, Black Americans, and the American Dream - Herman Gray Sex on the Soaps - Sharon Bramlett-Solomon and Tricia M Farwell An Analysis of Black, White, and Interracial Couple Intimacy Broadcast TV News Coverage of the O J Simpson Murder Case - Eddith A Dashiell Racist or Starstruck? Advertising Discourse and the Marketing of I'll Fly Away - Karen M Smith Black Entertainment Television - Alice A Tait and John T Barber Breaking New Ground and Accepting New Responsibilities? PART FOUR: ISSUES IN RADIO/MUSIC Empowering Voices - Sharon Albert-Honore KUCB and Black Liberation Radio `Pride and Profit' in Black Radio Promotions - Phylis Johnson and Thomas A Birk Celebrating Family Days and Business Partnerships Music in African-American Culture - Portia K Maultsby Rap Music, Black Men, and the Police - Venise T Berry and Harold Looney Jr
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