Adjusting the Contrast

British Television and Constructs of Race
Herausgeber: Malik, Sarita; Newton, Darrell M

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Produktbeschreibung

Through contextual and textual analyses, Adjusting the contrast: British television and constructs of race explores a range of texts and practices that address the ongoing phenomenon of race and its relationship to television. Essays by British and American media scholars focus on how race is framed within this 'new' age of television; replete with digital services, streaming and on-demand downloads. Among other issues, chapters explore television policy and the management of race; how transnationalism may diminish racial diversity; historical questions of representation; the myth of a multicultural England via current programming, and more. The book also seeks to examine how television constructs Britishness through whiteness and continued constructs of normativity. It includes analyses of programmes such as Doctor Who, Shoot the Messenger, Desi DNA, Survivors and Top Boy, as well as the broadcast policies that helped to create them, and cultural production in the 'new age' of television. Other essays include a look at the 1950s and how they are reframed on contemporary television screens through Call the Midwife; the continuing myth of a multicultural England on Luther; and how comedies such as Till Death Us Do Part and Mind Your Language framed enigmatic racial tensions as laughing matters. Through a critical analysis of literature and new empirical research, cultures of production are deconstructed as public service remits, sometimes through the work of minority producers, continue to produce programming rife with racialised tropes. Whilst efforts have been put into diverse portrayals on screen, there remain significant problems with the stories being told.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Lund University Press
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. August 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9781526100986
• ISBN-10: 1526100983
• Artikelnr.: 47881684

Autorenporträt

Sarita Malik is Professor of Media, Culture and Communications at Brunel University Darrell M. Newton is Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Dean of Graduate Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Sarita Malik and Darrell M. Newton 1 A little Brit different? BBC America and transnational constructs of Britishness
Darrell M. Newton 2 Scheduling race
Anamik Saha 3 Reframing the 1950s: race and representation in recent British television
James Burton 4 Black British drama, losses and gains: the case of Shoot the Messenger
Sarita Malik 5 The iconic ghetto on British television: Black representation and Top Boy
Kehinde Andrews 6 Whiteness, normativity and the ongoing racial Other: imperial fictions: Doctor Who, post
racial slavery and other liberal humanist fantasies
Susana Loza 7 Myth of a multicultural England in BBC's Luther
Nicole M. Jackson 8 Framing The Fosters: jokes, racism and Black and Asian voices in British comedy television
Gavin Schaffer Index