Screening the Los Angeles 'Riots': Race, Seeing, and Resistance

by Darnell M. Hunt

Book Overview

On April 29 1992, the 'worst riots of the century' (Los Angeles Times) erupted. Television news-workers tried frantically to keep up with what was happening on the streets while, around the city, nation and globe, viewers watched intently as leaders, participants and fires flashed across their television screens. Screening the Los Angeles 'Riots' zeros in on the first night of these events, exploring in detail the meanings one news organisation found...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521578140
• ISBN13: 9780521578141
• Release Date: October 1996
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"