The Post-Racial Mystique: Media and Race in the Twenty-First Century Contributor(s): Squires, Catherine (Author) |
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ISBN: 0814762891 ISBN-13: 9780814762899 Publisher: New York University Press OUR PRICE: $88.11 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2014 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Law | Media & The Law - Social Science | Discrimination & Race Relations - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
Dewey: 302.230 |
LCCN: 2013043409 |
Series: Critical Cultural Communication |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.9" W x 9.1" (1.10 lbs) 243 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Despite claims from how a variety of media--the news, network television, and online, independent media--debate, define and deploy the term "post-racial" in their representations of American politics and society. Using examples from both mainstream and niche media--from prime-time television series to specialty Christian media and audience interactions on social media--Catherine Squires draws upon a variety of disciplines including communication studies, sociology, political science, and cultural studies in order to understand emergent strategies for framing post-racial America. She reveals the ways in which media texts cast U.S. history, re-imagine interpersonal relationships, employ statistics, and inventively redeploy other identity categories in a quest to formulate different ways of responding to race. |
Contributor Bio(s): Squires, Catherine R.: - Catherine R. Squires is Associate Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Minnesota. She is the author of Dispatches from the Color Line: The Press and Multiracial America. |