Enlightened racism : the Cosby show, audiences, and the myth of the American dream
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Enlightened racism : the Cosby show, audiences, and the myth of the American dream
（Cultural studies）
Westview Press, 1992
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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ISBN 9780813314181
内容説明
Offering a challenge to conventional wisdom about racial stereotyping in the US, this book argues that the popular television programme, "The Cosby Show", despite being apparently progressive, in fact helps to construct "enlightened" forms of racism. The authors argue that, in the post-Civil Rights era, a new structure of racial beliefs, based on subtle contradictions between attitudes toward race and class, has brought in its wake this new form of racial thought that seems on the surface to exhibit a new tolerance. However, the authors find that because Americans cannot think clearly about class, they cannot, after all, think clearly about race. This book is based on an empirical analysis of the reactions to "The Cosby Show" of a range of ordinary Americans, both black and white. The authors discussed with the different audiences their attitudes towards the programme and more generally their understanding and perceptions of issues of race and social class.
目次
- Introducing "The Cosby Show"
- television and reality - how real is "The Cosby Show"?
- the success of Cosby
- black experience - images, illusions and social class
- class and the myth of the American dream
- white responses - the new liberal racism
- black responses - the hollow images of success
- a democratic television system?
- unpopular messages in an age of popularity.
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: pbk ISBN 9780813314198
内容説明
The Cosby Show needs little introduction to most people familiar with American popular culture. It is a show with immense and universal appeal. Even so, most debates about the significance of the program have failed to take into account one of the more important elements of its successits viewers. Through a major study of the audiences of The Cosby Show, the authors treat two issues of great social and political importancehow television, Americas most widespread cultural form, influences the way we think, and how our society in the postCivil Rights era thinks about race, our most widespread cultural problem. This book offers a radical challenge to the conventional wisdom concerning racial stereotyping in the United States and demonstrates how apparently progressive programs like The Cosby Show, despite good intentions, actually help to construct enlightened forms of racism. The authors argue that, in the postCivil Rights era, a new structure of racial beliefs, based on subtle contradictions between attitudes toward race and class, has brought in its wake this new form of racial thought that seems on the surface to exhibit a new tolerance.
However, professors Jhally and Lewis find that because Americans cannot think clearly about class, they cannot, after all, think clearly about race. This groundbreaking book is rooted in an empirical analysis of the reactions to The Cosby Show of a range of ordinary Americans, both black and white. Professors Jhally and Lewis discussed with the different audiences their attitudes toward the program and more generally their understanding and perceptions of issues of race and social class. Enlightened Racism is a major intervention into the public debate about race and perceptions of racea debate, in the 1990s, at the heart of American political and public life. This book is indispensable to understanding that debate.
目次
* Introducing The Cosby Show * Television and Reality: How Real Is The Cosby Show? The Success of Cosby * Black Experience: Images, Illusions, and Social Class * Class and the Myth of the American Dream * White Responses: The Emergence of Enlightened Racism * Black Responses: The Hollow Images of Success * Conclusion: Unpopular Messages in an Age of Popularity
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