Representing Race: Racisms, Ethnicity and the Media

Downing, John D. H.; Husband, Charles

ISBN 10: 0761969128 / ISBN 13: 9780761969129

Editore: Sage Publications Ltd, 2005

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Well-informed, thoughtful and transnational in its perspectives, Downing and Husband′s work is likely to become the key text in the field. The book is essential reading for anyone interested in the politics of race and representation.
- Professor Daya K. Thussu, University of Westminster

The media play a diverse and significant role in the practical expression of racism and in the everyday politics of ethnicity. Written by two veterans of research on media and ′race′, this book offers a fresh comparative analyses of the issues and sets out the key agendas for future study. Representing Race - Racisms, Ethnicities and Media: 

• Provides a conceptual framework for understanding the role of the media.
• Addresses a number of pressing political concerns including ′racial′ justice and the drift to the Right.
• Includes a wide range of  examples from Britain, the USA, Europe, and Australia.
• Analyzes the growth of indigenous people′s media.
• Assesses current strategies for reforming professional media practice in this sphere.

Drawing on years of research, this book provides both a major intervention in the debate, as well as a comprehensive introduction to the area. It will be required reading for anyone interested in race, representation and the media. 

Informazioni sull?autore: John Downing is Professor in the Department of Radio-Television-Film at the Univeristy of Texas, Austin. He is a co-editor of Questioning the Media (1990) and has contributed to the journals Media, Culture & Society and Discourse & Society

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Titolo: Representing Race: Racisms, Ethnicity and ...
Casa editrice: Sage Publications Ltd
Data di pubblicazione: 2005
Legatura: Paperback
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