Watching Jim Crow: The Struggles over Mississippi TV, 1955–1969

Steven D. Classen

Published by Duke University Press 2004

Watching Jim Crow

The Struggles over Mississippi TV, 1955–1969

Steven D. Classen
Edited by: Lynn Spigel

In the series Console-ing passions: television and cultural power

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780822385424

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About this book

A critical examination of racial discrimination in television broadcasting during the civil rights era.

Author / Editor information

Steven D. Classen is Assistant Professor of Communication Studies at California State University, Los Angeles.

Reviews

“Watching Jim Crow 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 Selling the Air: A Critique of the Policy of Commercial Broadcasting in the United States

“Watching Jim Crow 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

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction: Reconstruction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1 : Broadcast Foundations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	31
2 : Consuming Civil Rights Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	52
3 : Trouble around the Ponderosa Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	75
4 : Programming/Regulating Whiteness Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	107
5 : Blacking Out: Remembering TV and the Sixties Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	140
6 : Not Forgetting Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	174
Appendix: Chronology Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	197
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	205
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	245
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	261

Language: English
Publisher: Duke University Press
Pages
- Main content: 286
Illustrations
- Other: 8 illus.

eBook

Published: March 12, 2004
ISBN: 9780822385424