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'This is one of the most important books on race, representation and politics to come along in a decade! Sarita Malik's book is a brilliant contribution to the literature on race, cultural studies and public pedagogy' - Henry Giroux, Penn State University. "Representing Black Britain" offers a 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 'ethnic 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."Representing Black Britain": 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; and looks at questions of policy and the institutional context of British broadcasting.

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Book category Books in English Society & social sciences Society & culture: general Social groups

• Full title: Representing Black Britain
• Subtitle: Black and Asian Images on Television
• Author: Sarita Malik
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 202
• EAN: 9780761970279
• ISBN: 0761970274
• ID: 04686487
• Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc
• Weight: 490 g
• Dimensions: 234 × 156 × 17 mm
• Date of publishing: 25. October 2001

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