Reconsidering roots : race, politics, and memory /
Reconsidering roots : race, politics, and memory /
edited by Erica L. Ball and Kellie Carter Jackson ; [Foreword by Henry Louis Gates Jr.].
- xviii, 211 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Since 1970: Histories of contemporary America .
- Since 1970 .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
These essays -- from scholars in history, sociology, film, and media studies -- interrogate Roots, assessing the ways that the book and its dramatization recast representations of slavery, labor, and the black family; reflected on the promise of freedom and civil rights; and engaged discourses of race, gender, violence, and power.
9780820350820 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0820350826 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2016043639
Roots (Television program : 1977)
Raíces (programa de televisión)
Programas de televisión
Slavery on television.
African Americans on television.
Racism on television.
Race on television.
PN 1992.77 / R311 2017
791.45/72
Includes bibliographical references and index.
These essays -- from scholars in history, sociology, film, and media studies -- interrogate Roots, assessing the ways that the book and its dramatization recast representations of slavery, labor, and the black family; reflected on the promise of freedom and civil rights; and engaged discourses of race, gender, violence, and power.
9780820350820 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0820350826 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2016043639
Roots (Television program : 1977)
Raíces (programa de televisión)
Programas de televisión
Slavery on television.
African Americans on television.
Racism on television.
Race on television.
PN 1992.77 / R311 2017
791.45/72