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[ecrea] New Publication: Race and Contention in Twenty-first Century U.S. Media

Wed May 11 18:34:22 GMT 2016



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New edited volume by Jason A. Smith and Bhoomi K. Thakore

Race and Contention in Twenty-first Century U.S. Media (Routledge, 2016)

< https://www.routledge.com/products/9781138937154>

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.

Table of Contents

Introduction: The Contours of Race and Media - Jason A. Smith and Bhoomi K. Thakore

Part 1: Structures and Contention

1. Failure to Communicate: The Critical Information Needs Debate - Randy D. Abreu

2. Courting Minority Commodity Audiences: Bounce TV in the Age of Media Conglomeration - Leah P. Hunter and Jennifer M. Proffitt

3. New Media & New Possibilities: The Online Engagement of Young Black Activists Nathan Jamel Riemer

Part 2: Navigating Contention Behind the Scenes

4. Black, Asian, and Latino Directors in Hollywood - Maryann Erigha

5. Is Carlos Mencia A White Wetback?: Mediating the (E)Racing of U.S. Central Americans in the Latino Imaginary - Maritza Cárdenas

6. Sofía Vergara: On Media Representations of Latinidad - Salvador Vidal-Ortiz

7. Color-Blind Racism in Media: Mindy Kaling as an "Honorary White" - Sheena Sood

Part 3: Visual Representations of Contention

8. Drifting For Whiteness: Hollywood Representations of Asian Americans in the 21st Century - John D. Foster

9. Consuming Black Pain: Reading Racial Ideology in Cultural Appetite for 12 Years a Slave - Jennifer C. Mueller and Rula Issa

10. Racial Ideology in Electronic Dance Music Festival Promotional Videos - David L. Brunsma, Nathaniel G. Chapman, and J. Slade Lellock

Part 4: Perpetuating Contentious Ideologies

11. The Rise of the Racial Reviewer, 1990-2004 - Bianca Gonzalez-Sobrino, Devon R. Goss, and Matthew W. Hughey

12. Successful Immigrants in the News: Racialization, Color-Blind Racism, and the American Dream - Jorge X. Ballinas

13. Black Studies in Prime Time: Racial Expertise and the Framing of Cultural Authority - Seneca Vaught

14. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Muslim: Media Representations of ‘Islamic Punk’ through a Postcolonial Lens - Saif Shahin

Conclusion: Looking Ahead - Bhoomi K. Thakore and Jason A. Smith




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