Revolution Televised: Prime Time and the Struggle for Black Power
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Revolution Televised: Prime Time and the Struggle for Black Power
By (Author) Christine Acham
University of Minnesota Press
University of Minnesota Press
1st October 2005
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Ethnic studies
791.4508996073
Physical Properties
Paperback
256
Width 149mm, Height 229mm, Spine 13mm
Description
After a decadelong hiatus, African Americans once again began appearing regularly on television in the 1960s. Christine Acham offers a more complex reading of this period in television history, deftly illustrating how black actors operated within the constraints of the television industry to resist and ultimately shape the mass media's portrayal of African American life.
Reviews
"It's fucking great that someone recognizes and appreciates what we were doing during this important period in television history. Christine Acham gets it and spells it out. Got it" - Richard Pryor "This work is vitally important to understanding how the Black Power and Arts Movements, the Chitlin' Circuit and television history converged in the 1970s with mixed results." - Black Issues Book Review"
Author Bio
Christine Acham is assistant professor in African American and African studies at the University of California, Davis.
