| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 210 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-198) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Eyes wide shut: capitalism, class, and the promise of Black media -- Now that's Black! BET business -- I'm Rick James, BitchHHHH! BET programming -- The impossibility of us: BET impact -- It's your turn: Black to the future. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Summary |
Explores the legacy of Black Entertainment Television (BET): what the network has provided to the larger U.S. television economy, and more specifically, to its target African-American demographic. The book examines whether the company has fulfilled its stated goals and implied obligation to African-American communties. |
| Language |
English. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Black Entertainment Television.
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Black Entertainment Television |
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African Americans on television.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Television & Video. |
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African Americans on television |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Smith-Shomade, Beretta E., 1965- Pimpin' ain't easy. New York : Routledge, ©2008 9780415976787 (DLC) 2007005615 (OCoLC)82772678 |
| ISBN |
9781135869496 (electronic bk.) |
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1135869499 (electronic bk.) |
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9780203941867 (e-book ; PDF) |
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0203941861 |
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9781135869441 (e-book ; Mobi) |
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1135869448 |
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9781135869489 (e-book ; ePub) |
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1135869480 |
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9780415976787 |
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0415976782 |
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9780415976794 |
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0415976790 |
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1283589427 |
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9781283589420 |
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9786613901873 |
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6613901873 |
| Standard No. |
10.4324/9780203941867 |
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