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625320
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Krabill, Ron
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| Title & Author
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Starring Mandela and Cosby : : media and the end(s) of apartheid /\ Ron Krabill
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| Publication Statement
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Chicago ;London :: The University of Chicago Press,, c2010
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xiv, 199 p. ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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9780226451886
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: 9780226451893
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: 0226451887
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: 0226451895
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [167]-188) and index
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| Contents
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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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| Abstract
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During the worst years of apartheid, the most popular show on television in South Africa was " The Cosby Show". Why did people living under a system built on the idea that Black people were inferior and threatening flock to a show that portrayed African Americans as comfortably mainstream? The South African government maintained a ban on television until 1976. Weaving together South Africa's political history and a social history of television, Ron Krabill challenges conventional understandings of globalization, offering up new insights into the relationship between politics and the media.--[book cover]
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Television broadcasting-- Social aspects-- South Africa-- History-- 20th century
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Television and politics-- South Africa-- History-- 20th century
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Television viewers-- South Africa-- Attitudes-- History-- 20th century
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Whites-- South Africa-- Attitudes-- History-- 20th century
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Mass media and race relations-- South Africa-- History-- 20th century
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Apartheid-- South Africa
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Cosby show (Television program : 1984-1992)-- Influence
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South Africa, Race relations, History, 20th century
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| LC Classification
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PN1992.3.S57K73 2010
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