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Author:

Krabill, Ron.

Title:

Starring Mandela and Cosby : media and the end(s) of apartheid / Ron Krabill.

Publisher:

University of Chicago Press,

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

xiv, 199 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Cosby show (Television program : 1984-1992)--Influence.
Television broadcasting--History--South Africa--History--20th century.
Television and politics--South Africa--History--20th century.
Television viewers--South Africa--History--History--20th century.
Whites--South Africa--History--History--20th century.
Mass media and race relations--South Africa--History--20th century.
Apartheid--South Africa.
South Africa--History--History--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Media, democratization, and the end(s) of apartheid -- Structured absences and communicative spaces -- In the absence of television -- "They stayed 'til the flag streamed" -- Surfing into Zulu -- Living with the Huxtables in a state of emergency -- I may not be a freedom fighter, but I play one on TV -- Television and the afterlife of apartheid.

ISBN:

0226451895 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780226451893 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0226451887 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780226451886 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)521753991

LCCN:

2010005836

Locations:

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)