Telling the stories behind television's approaches to race relations, multiculturalism and immigration in the 'Golden Age' of British television, the book focuses on the 1960s and 1970s and argues that the makers of television worked tirelessly to shape multiculturalism and undermine racist extremism.



Autorentext
Gavin Schaffer is Professor of Modern History at the University of Birmingham, UK. His previous books include Racial Science and British Society, 1930-62 (Palgrave Macmillan, 2008).

Inhalt
1. The Vision of a Nation: Introduction 2. The First Bridge: Programmes for Immigrants on British Television 3. Race in News and Current Affairs: Principles and Practice 4. Dealing with Racial Extremes: News and Current Affairs under Pressure 5. What's behind the Open Door? Talking Back on Race in Public-Access Broadcasting 6. The Rise and Fall of the Racial Sitcom: Laughter and Prejudice in Multicultural Britain 7. Struggling for the Ordinary: Race in British Television Drama 8. Conclusion
Titel
The Vision of a Nation
Untertitel
Making Multiculturalism on British Television, 1960-80
EAN
9781137314888
ISBN
978-1-137-31488-8
Format
E-Book (pdf)
Veröffentlichung
20.05.2014
Digitaler Kopierschutz
Wasserzeichen
Dateigrösse
2.7 MB
Anzahl Seiten
299
Jahr
2014
Untertitel
Englisch