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Book SynopsisA study of media and minorities - both the representations of minorities by dominant society 'outsiders', and indigenous self-representation and media creation, in film, television, radio, print and new media.
Trade ReviewMedia and Ethnic Minorities sets up a radical anthropological account of power and representation Media International Australia Much is packed into this slim text... The authors combine original and thought-provoking case-studies with key issues drawn from discourses on ethnicity and media theory and practice. -- Heather Norris Nicholson, Manchester Metropolitan University British Journal of Canadian Studies The most significant contribution of Alia and Bull's book is their sustained and critical discussion of what they call 'the Once Were Warriors syndrome' -- Marwan M. Kraldy, University of Pennsylvania Global Media and Communication Media and Ethnic Minorities sets up a radical anthropological account of power and representation Much is packed into this slim text... The authors combine original and thought-provoking case-studies with key issues drawn from discourses on ethnicity and media theory and practice. The most significant contribution of Alia and Bull's book is their sustained and critical discussion of what they call 'the Once Were Warriors syndrome'
Table of ContentsPreface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: 'Race', Ethnicity, and Representation; 1. The Rise and Rise of 'Imputed Filth'; 2. Representations from the Outside; 3. The Once Were Warriors Syndrome; 4. Cultures of Silence; 5. Homeland, Diaspora, and the 'New Media Nation'; 6. Reciprocal Seeing; 7. Ethnic Roots, Diasporic Routes, and Resistance from Below.
