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Author Zook, Kristal Brent, author.

Title Color by Fox : the Fox network and the revolution in Black television / Kristal Brent Zook.

Publication Info. New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 148 pages) : illustrations.
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Series W.E.B. Du Bois Institute
W.E.B. Du Bois Institute.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 108-142) and index.
Contents PART I: COLOR AND CASTE: Blood is thicker than mud: C-Note goes to Compton on The Fresh Prince of Bel Air -- High yella bananas and hair weaves: The Sinbad Show -- Ralph Farquhar's South Central and Pearl's Place to Play: why they failed before Moesha hit -- PART 2: GENDER AND SEXUALITY: Sheneneh, gender-fuck, and romance: Martin's thin line between love and hate -- Living Single and the "Fight for Mr. Right": Latifah don't play -- PART 3: SOCIAL MOVEMENT: Borica Power in the boogie-down Bronx: Puerto Rican nationalism on New York Undercover.
Summary Offering an examination of the explosion of black television programming in the 1980s and 1990s, this book provides, an interpretation of black TV based in both journalism and critical theory. It incorporates interviews with executives, producers, and stars such as Sinbad and Quincy Jones.
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Subject African Americans on television.
African Americans on television.
African Americans in television broadcasting.
African Americans in television broadcasting.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Zook, Kristal Brent. Color by Fox. New York : Oxford University Press, 1999 0195105486 (DLC) 98007853 (OCoLC)39157399
ISBN 9780195355659 (electronic book)
0195355652 (electronic book)
9780195106121 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
0195106121 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
0195105486 (Cloth)
9780195105483
0195106121 (paperback ; alkaline paper)