ABSTRACT
This volume explores and clarifies the complex intersection of race and media in the contemporary United States. Due to the changing dynamics of how racial politics are played out in the contemporary US (as seen with debates of the "post-racial" society), as well as the changing dynamics of the media itself ("new vs. old" media debates), an interrogation of the role of the media and its various institutions within this area of social inquiry is necessary. Contributors contend that race in the United States is dynamic, connected to social, economic, and political structures which are continually altering themselves. The book seeks to highlight the contested space that the media provides for changing dimensions of race, examining the ways that various representations can both hinder or promote positive racial views, considering media in relation to other institutions, and moving beyond thinking of media as a passive and singular institution.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|43 pages
Structures and Contention
chapter 2|15 pages
Courting Minority Commodity Audiences
part II|58 pages
Navigating Contention Behind the Scenes
chapter 5|15 pages
Is Carlos Mencia A White Wetback?
part III|47 pages
Visual Representations of Contention
chapter 8|14 pages
Drifting for Whiteness
chapter 9|17 pages
Consuming Black Pain
part IV|68 pages
Perpetuating Contentious Ideologies