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1 online resource (xviii, 211 pages) : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Since 1970: Histories of contemporary America
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Since 1970.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
These essays -- from scholars in history, sociology, film, and media studies -- interrogate Roots, assessing the ways that the book and its dramatization recast representations of slavery, labor, and the black family; reflected on the promise of freedom and civil rights; and engaged discourses of race, gender, violence, and power. |
| Contents |
Foreword / by Henry Louis Gates Jr -- Introduction : Reconsidering Roots / Erica L. Ball and Kellie Carter Jackson -- Part I. Rethinking the context. Roots, the legacy of slavery, and civil rights backlash in 1970s America / Clare Corbould -- Politics of plagiarism: Roots, Margaret Walker, and Alex Haley / Tyler D. Parry -- "My furthest-back person" : black genealogy before and after Roots / Francesca Morgan -- Part II. Rereading roots. Roots of violence : race, power, and manhood in Roots / Delia Mellis -- Roots of African American labor struggles : reading Roots and Backstairs at the White House in a 1970s storytelling tradition / Elise Chatelain -- Letting America off the hook : Roots, Django unchained, and the divided white self / C. Richard King and David J. Leonard -- Black military image in Roots: the next generations / Robert K. Chester -- Same, but a step removed: aspects of the British reception of Roots / Martin Stollery -- Re-rooting Roots : the South African perspective / Norvella P. Carter, Warren Chalklen, and Bhekuyise Zungu -- One man's quest : Chiang Ssu-chang, Roots, and the mainlander homebound movement in Taiwan / Dominic Meng-hsuan Yang. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Roots (Television program : 1977)
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Roots (Television program : 1977) |
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Roots (Television program : 1977) |
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Slavery on television.
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Slavery on television. |
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African Americans on television.
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African Americans on television. |
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Racism on television.
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Racism on television. |
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Race on television.
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Race on television. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Ball, Erica L., 1971- editor.
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Jackson, Kellie Carter, editor.
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Gates, Henry Louis, Jr., writer of foreword.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Reconsidering roots. Athens : The University of Georgia Press, [2017] 9780820350837 (DLC) 2016043639 (OCoLC)960030949 |
| ISBN |
9780820350844 (electronic book) |
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0820350842 (electronic book) |
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9780820350837 |
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0820350834 |
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9780820350820 |
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0820350826 |
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