Providing new insight into key debates over race and representation in the media, this ethnographic study explores the ways in which African Americans have been depicted in Black situation comedies-from 1950's Beulah to contemporary series like Martin and Living Single.
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For those who are interested in this area of race and media the book offers substantial information and documentation about the development of black television sitcoms and the kind of potential readings that take place among African American viewers.
–Venise Berry, Ethnic and Racial Studies
–Venise Berry, Ethnic and Racial Studies
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Robin R. Means Coleman is an Assistant Professor of Media Ecology in the Department of Culture and Communication at New York University.
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black situation comedies, black situation comedy, imagistic mistreatments, minstrel theatre, white image makers, brutal buck, racial ridicule, situation comedy formula, comedic images, black sitcoms, situation comedy genre, comedy programming, assimilationist era, assimilationist discourse, racial humor, physical antics, social relevancy, normative center, constructivist research, black stereotypes, white producers, television representations, reception analysis, racist imagery Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
African Americans, Frank's Place, Different World, Bill Cosby, White America, Living Single, Family Matters, Fresh Prince of Bel Air, The Jeffersons, South Central, Jim Crow, Courtesy of Photofest, Uncle Tom, Steve Urkel, Civil Rights Movement, Goode Behavior, The Jamie Foxx Show, Tim Reid, Civil War, European Americans, Jaleel White, Martin Lawrence, New Orleans, The Gregory Hines Show, Charles Dutton New!
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Bear with me as I recount one last personal insight. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
black situation comedies, black situation comedy, imagistic mistreatments, minstrel theatre, white image makers, brutal buck, racial ridicule, situation comedy formula, comedic images, black sitcoms, situation comedy genre, comedy programming, assimilationist era, assimilationist discourse, racial humor, physical antics, social relevancy, normative center, constructivist research, black stereotypes, white producers, television representations, reception analysis, racist imagery Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
African Americans, Frank's Place, Different World, Bill Cosby, White America, Living Single, Family Matters, Fresh Prince of Bel Air, The Jeffersons, South Central, Jim Crow, Courtesy of Photofest, Uncle Tom, Steve Urkel, Civil Rights Movement, Goode Behavior, The Jamie Foxx Show, Tim Reid, Civil War, European Americans, Jaleel White, Martin Lawrence, New Orleans, The Gregory Hines Show, Charles Dutton New!
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- Family Matters by Michaelann Martin on 9 pages
- African American (American Regional Cooking Library) by Rosa Waters on 4 pages
- Remote Control: Television, Audiences, and Cultural Power by Ellen Seiter in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Andy Griffith Show by Richard Kelly in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Black Film As Genre by Thomas Cripps in Back Matter
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- The Sitcom Reader: America Viewed And Skewed by Mary M. Dalton in Front Matter, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Scripting the Black Masculine Body: Identity, Discourse, And Racial Politics in Popular Media (Suny Series, the Negotiation of Identity) by Ronald L., II Jackson in Back Matter
- Good Humor, Bad Taste: A Sociology of the Joke (Humor Research 7) by Giselinde Kuipers in Back Matter
- Comedy: A Geographic and Historical Guide by Maurice Charney on page 270
- Faith In Time: The Life Of Jimmy Scott by David Ritz in Back Matter
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