It also offers analysis and arguments that have already begun to resonate in discussions on contemporary South African popular culture, performance and mass media. Although the book focuses primarily on the music industry, its provocative arguments about globalisation, power, representation, gender and ...
The book is essential reading for anyone interested in the politics of race and representation - Professor Daya K. Thussu, University of Westminster, UKThe Media play a diverse and significant role in the practical expression of racism and in the everyday politics of ethnicity. Written by two ...
(4) "Public Memory, Race and Media" looks at the ways in which media scholars have turned to the role of media's influence in public commemoration of historical events and figures, and how media figure into the representation of what our history and national identity mean in the face of ...
While giving credit to advances in racial representation on TV, in this video our correspondent Christian Taylor points out a few examples of things we simply should not be seeing on TV anymore.
Race and Representation," Boston: South End Press, 1992 "The Visibility of Race and Media History" Jane Rhodes Reprinted from "Critical Studies in Mass Communication," 20(2), 1993 "The Silenced Majority: Why the Average Working Person has Disappeared from American Media and Culture" Barbara Ehr...
(4) "Public Memory, Race and Media" looks at the ways in which media scholars have turned to the role of media's influence in public commemoration of historical events and figures, and how media figure into the representation of what our history and national identity mean in the face of ...
In seeing art from the new set,some have wondered, “Would Tolkien approve of the representation of Aragorn as having brown skin, or Legolas with East Asian features?” As a scholar of ancient texts, I find the question of authorial intent fascinating. Answering this question can tell us a...
Posted in Media Effects, race, representation “Marvels & Monsters”: NY exhibition on Asian stereotypes in comicbooks Posted on July 23, 2011 A fascinating new exhibition at NYU explores how representations of Asians in comicbooks from 1942-1986 can be grouped into eight archetypes: the Alien...
Who is considered “ideal” in beauty standards, representation in the media, and politics? Proximity to whiteness has become the guiding determinant of success. As a result, it has become part of us. But this is just one side of the story, and the other side has to be understood as ...
Our empirical study is part of a small but growing research landscape related to diversity and representation in arts and media. Below, we review selected scholarship in each of four creative domains, namely contemporary art, fashion, box office film, and popular music, focusing on the importance...