Krabill, Ron.

Starring Mandela and Cosby : media and the end(s) of apartheid / Ron Krabill. - Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, c2010. - xiv, 199 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-188) and index.

Media, democratization, and the end(s) of apartheid -- Structured absences and communicative spaces -- In the absence of television -- "They stayed til the flag streamed" -- Surfing into Zulu -- Living with the Huxtables in a state of emergency -- I may not be a freedom fighter, but I play one on TV -- Television and the afterlife of apartheid.

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Cosby show (Television program : 1984-1992)--Influence.


Television broadcasting--Social aspects--History--South Africa--20th century.
Television and politics--History--South Africa--20th century.
Television viewers--Attitudes--History--South Africa--20th century.
Whites--Attitudes--History--South Africa--20th century.
Mass media and race relations--History--South Africa--20th century.
Apartheid--South Africa.
La radiodifusion televisiva--Aspectos sociales--Historia--Sudáfrica--Siglo 20.
La televisión y política--Actitudes--Historia--Sudáfrica--Siglo 20.
Blancos--Historia--Sudáfrica--Actitudes--Siglo 20.
Los medios de comunicación y las relaciones raciales--Sudáfrica--Siglo 20.


South Africa--Race relations--History--20th century.

PN 1992.3 / K89s 2010

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