Representing Race by John D H Downing

Representing Race by John D H Downing

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The Media play a diverse and significant role in the practical expression of racism and in the everyday politics of ethnicity. Written by two veterans of research on media and ′race′, this book offers a fresh comparative analyses of the issues and sets out the key agendas for future study.

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Representing Race by John D H Downing

The Media play a diverse and significant role in the practical expression of racism and in the everyday politics of ethnicity. Written by two veterans of research on media and race, this book offers a fresh comparative analyses of the issues and sets out the key agendas for future study.
Well-informed, thoughtful and transnational in its perspectives, Downing and Husband¦s work is likely to become the key text in the fieldThe book is essential reading for anyone interested in the politics of race and representation.
Professor Daya K. Thussu
University of Westminster, UK


"It succeeds on all levels as a key text in exploring the issues of depiction of race and ethnicity in media and the combating of mediated racism." 

—COMMUNICATION RESEARCH TRENDS -- Patrick L. Stearns * Communication Research Trends *
John Downing is Professor in the Department of Radio-Television-Film at the Univeristy of Texas, Austin. He is a co-editor of Questioning the Media (1990) and has contributed to the journals Media, Culture & Society and Discourse & Society
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ISBN 13 9780761969129
ISBN 10 0761969128
Title Representing Race
Author John D H Downing
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher SAGE Publications Inc
Year published 2005-02-01
Number of pages 256
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.