African American Viewers and the Black Situation Comedy Situating Racial Humor
- List Price: $170.00
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis
- Publish date: 09/01/1998
Description:
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 the 1950s' Beulah to contemporary series like Martin and Living Single. As scholars increasingly turn their attention to how audiences interpret, use, and resist media texts, Means Coleman makes a major contribution to the development of reception theories by focusinassessment of the different ways in which popular music has been studied and examines the difficulties and debates which surround the analysis of popular culture and popular music.
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Drawing on the recent work of music scholars and the popular music press, Roy Shuker explores key subjects which shape our experience of music such as music production, the music industry, music policy, fans, audiences and subcultures, the musician as "star", music journalism, and the reception and consumption of popular music.
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