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Representing Black Britain : Black and Asian Images on Television, Hardback Book

Representing Black Britain : Black and Asian Images on Television Hardback

Part of the Culture, Representation and Identity series series

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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 UniversityRepresenting 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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