{"product_id":"watching-jim-crow-9780822333418","title":"Watching Jim Crow","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA critical examination of racial discrimination in television broadcasting during the civil rights era\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eWatching Jim Crow\u003c\/i\u003e is a highly original, sophisticated, and important piece of scholarship that will undoubtedly influence a variety of fields ranging from legal theory to cultural studies. One of the most striking things about this work is the compelling way it crosses barriers that have blinkered both scholarly and commonsense thinking about law, media, and culture.”—Thomas Streeter, author of \u003ci\u003eSelling the Air: A Critique of the Policy of Commercial Broadcasting in the United States\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e“Watching Jim Crow\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful blend of memory, history, and careful analysis. For those who lived through the days and years chronicled here, especially those of us who lived in the places Steven D. Classen studies, the memories are painful, the history is precise, the analysis essential. Classen’s strong recognition that television is something people do is a challenge not only for scholars, but for policymakers and citizens who recognize how much remains to be done.”—Horace Newcomb, director of the George Foster Peabody Awards at the University of Georgia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments ix\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Reconstruction 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e1: \u003c\/b\u003eBroadcast Foundations 31\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e2:\u003c\/b\u003e Consuming Civil Rights \u003cbr\u003e 52\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e3:\u003c\/b\u003e Trouble around the Ponderosa 75\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e4: \u003c\/b\u003eProgramming\/Regulating Whiteness 107\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e5:\u003c\/b\u003e Blacking out: Remembering TV and the Sixties \u003cbr\u003e 140\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e6:\u003c\/b\u003e Not Forgetting 174\u003cbr\u003e Appendix: Chronology 197\u003cbr\u003e Notes 205 \u003cbr\u003e Bibliography 245\u003cbr\u003e Index 263","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406035853655,"sku":"9780822333418","price":19.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780822333418.jpg?v=1730494322","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/watching-jim-crow-9780822333418","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}