the Fox network and the revolution in Black television /
First Statement of Responsibility
Kristal Brent Zook.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
New York :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Oxford University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1999.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (ix, 148 pages) :
Other Physical Details
illustrations
SERIES
Series Title
W.E.B. Du Bois Institute
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 108-142) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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PART I: COLOR AND CASTE: Blood is thicker than mud: C-Note goes to Compton on The Fresh Prince of Bel Air -- High yella bananas and hair weaves: The Sinbad Show -- Ralph Farquhar's South Central and Pearl's Place to Play: why they failed before Moesha hit -- PART 2: GENDER AND SEXUALITY: Sheneneh, gender-fuck, and romance: Martin's thin line between love and hate -- Living Single and the "Fight for Mr. Right": Latifah don't play -- PART 3: SOCIAL MOVEMENT: Borica Power in the boogie-down Bronx: Puerto Rican nationalism on New York Undercover.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Offering an examination of the explosion of black television programming in the 1980s and 1990s, this book provides, an interpretation of black TV based in both journalism and critical theory. It incorporates interviews with executives, producers, and stars such as Sinbad and Quincy Jones.
ACQUISITION INFORMATION NOTE
Source for Acquisition/Subscription Address
00020142
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Color by Fox.
International Standard Book Number
0195105486
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
African Americans in television broadcasting.
African Americans on television.
Noirs américains à la télévision.
Noirs américains dans l'industrie de la télévision.