The A to Z of African-American television /
From Amos 'n' Andy to The Jeffersons to Family Matters to Chappelle's Show, this volume covers it all with entries on all different genres?animation, documentaries, sitcoms, sports, talk shows, and variety shows?and performers suchas Muhammad Ali, Louis Armstrong, Bill Cosby, and Opra...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Lanham :
Scarecrow Press,
2009
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| Series: | A to Z guides ;
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | From Amos 'n' Andy to The Jeffersons to Family Matters to Chappelle's Show, this volume covers it all with entries on all different genres?animation, documentaries, sitcoms, sports, talk shows, and variety shows?and performers suchas Muhammad Ali, Louis Armstrong, Bill Cosby, and Oprah Winfrey. Additionally, information can be found on general issues, ranging from African American audiences and stereotypes through the related networks and organizations. This book has hundreds ofcross-referenced entries, from A to Z, in the dictionary and a list of acronyms with their corresponding definitions. The extensive chronology shows who did what and when and the introduction traces the often difficult circumstances African American performers faced compared to the more satisfactory present situation. Finally, the bibliography is useful to those readers who want to know more about specific topics or persons. |
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| Item Description: | Originally published in 2006 as Historical dictionary of African-American television. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xliii, 525 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 509-524). |
| ISBN: | 9780810863484 0810863480 0810868326 9780810868328 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
