Representing Black Britain: Black and Asian Images on Television

By Sarita Malik

Book Overview

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 University

Representing 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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761970274
• ISBN13: 9780761970279
• Release Date: December 2001
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.6"