Black Television Travels: African American Media around the Globe

Contents

>> vii Contents Acknowledgments ix Preface xi Introduction: African American Television Trade 1 1. Roots and the Perils of African American Television Drama in a Global World 29 2. Integrated Eighties Situation Comedies and the Struggle against Apartheid 57 3. The Cosby Show, Family Themes, and the Ascent of White Situation Comedies Abroad in the Late 1980s 79 4. The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Channel Fragmentation, and the Recognition of Difference 101 5. The Worldwide Circulation of Contemporary African American Television 119 6. Black Television from Elsewhere: The Globalization of Non-U.S. Black Television 147 Conclusion: Transnational Televisual Aesthetics and Global Discourses of Race 171 Notes 189 References 195 Index 209 About the Author 215 This page intentionally left blank ...