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Additional authors

1. Ball, Erica L., 1971-
2. Jackson, Kellie Carter

Description

1. xviii, 211 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

1. 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.

Series statement

1. Since 1970: Histories of contemporary America

Uniform title

1. Since 1970.

Subject

1. Race on television
2. Racism on television
3. Roots (Television program : 1977)
4. African Americans on television
5. Slavery on television

Contents

1. 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 -- The 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 -- The 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 -- The black military image in Roots: the next generations / Robert K. Chester -- The 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.

Call number

1. Sc E 17-883

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Title

1. Reconsidering roots : race, politics, and memory / edited by Erica L. Ball and Kellie Carter Jackson.

Publisher

1. Athens : The University of Georgia Press, [2017]

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Series

1. Since 1970: Histories of contemporary America
2. Since 1970.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added author

1. Ball, Erica L., 1971- editor.
2. Jackson, Kellie Carter, editor.

LCCN

1. 2016043639

ISBN

1. 9780820350837 hardcover ; alkaline paper
2. 0820350834 hardcover ; alkaline paper
3. 9780820350820 paperback ; alkaline paper
4. 0820350826 paperback ; alkaline paper

Research call number

1. Sc E 17-883