Color by Fox : the Fox network and the revolution in Black television /

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Author / Creator:Zook, Kristal Brent.
Imprint:New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
Description:ix, 148 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language:English
Series:W.E.B. Du Bois Institute
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3813840
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ISBN:0195105486 (alk. paper)
0195106121 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 118-142) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Part 1. Color and Caste
  • 1. Blood Is Thicker than Mud: C-Note Goes to Compton on The Fresh Prince of Bel Air
  • 2. High Yella Bananas and Hair Weaves: The Sinbad Show
  • 3. Ralph Farquhar's South Central and Pearl's Place to Play: Why They Failed Before Moesha Hit
  • Part 2. Gender and Sexuality
  • 4. Sheneneh, Gender-Fuck, and Romance: Martin's Thin Line Between Love and Hate
  • 5. Living Single and the "Fight for Mr. Right": Latifah Don't Play
  • Part 3. Social Movement
  • 6. Under the Sign of Malcolm: Memory, Feminism, and Political Activism on Roc
  • 7. Boricua Power in the Boogie-Down Bronx: Puerto Rican Nationalism on New York Undercover
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index