Primetime Blues : African Americans on Network Television

Name: Primetime Blues : African Americans on Network Television
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ISBN: 9780374527181

ISBN-10: 0374527180

ISBN-13: 9780374527181

Edition: 1st

Authors: Donald Bogle

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A landmark study by the leading critic of African American film and television Primetime Blues is the first comprehensive history of African Americans on network television. Donald Bogle examines the stereotypes, which too often continue to march across the screen today, but also shows the ways in which television has been invigorated by extraordinary black performers, whose presence on the screen has been of great significance to the African American community. Bogle's exhaustive study moves from the postwar era of Beulah and Amos 'n' Andy to the politically restless sixties reflected in I Spy and an edgy, ultra-hip program like Mod Squad. He examines the television of the seventies,…

Book details

Edition: 1st
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 448
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.50" long x 1.75" tall
Weight: 1.408
Language: English

Donald Bogle is the author of numerous books, including Dorothy Dandridge: A Biography and Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies, & Bucks. He teaches at the University of Pennsylvania and New York University and lives in New York City.

Introduction	p. 3
The 1950s: Scraps	p. 9
The 1960s: Social Symbols	p. 92
The 1970s: Jokesters	p. 172
The 1980s: Superstars	p. 251
The 1990s: Free-for-Alls	p. 365
Notes	p. 471
Bibliography	p. 487
Acknowledgments	p. 491
Index	p. 495
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