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

Author/Creator:

Zook, Kristal Brent author

Publication/Creation:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1999

Resource Type:

Book

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Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

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

Series Titles:

W.E.B. Du Bois Institute
W.E.B. Du Bois Institute.

Subjects/Genre

Genre:

Electronic books

Subjects:

African Americans on television
African Americans in television broadcasting

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

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.

Summary:

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.

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

1 online resource (ix, 148 pages) : illustrations

Local Note:

Available to current Emory faculty, students and staff.

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

990035239200302486

ISBN:

0195355652 (electronic bk.)
0195106121 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780195355659 (electronic bk.)
9780195106121 (pbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC Number:

252605331