Starring Mandela and Cosby : media and the end(s) of apartheid / Ron Krabill

Author:: Krabill, Ron
Published:: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2010.
Physical Description:: xiv, 199 pages ; 24 cm

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Contents:

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.

Subject(s):

Cosby show (Television program : 1984-1992)—Influence
Television broadcasting—Social aspects—South Africa—History—20th century
Television and politics—South Africa—History—20th century
Television viewers—South Africa—Attitudes—History—20th century
White people—South Africa—Attitudes—History—20th century
Mass media and race relations—South Africa—History—20th century
Apartheid—South Africa
South Africa—Race relations—History—20th century

ISBN:

9780226451886 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780226451893 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0226451887 (cloth : alk. paper)
0226451895 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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