Critical race theory : the key writings that ... Read More
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Stan Getz Library | KF4755.A75 C7 1995 | 37684001100545 | Getz Stacks | Copy hold / Volume hold | Available | - |
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- ISBN: 9781565842717
- ISBN: 1565842715
- ISBN: 156584226X
- ISBN: 9781565842267
- ISBN: 1565842707
- ISBN: 9781565842700
- Physical Description: xxxii, 494 pages ; 26 cm
- Publisher: New York : The New Press, 1996.
- Copyright: ©1995
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| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Serving two masters : integration ideals and ... Read More The clouded prism : minority critique of the ... Read More Metro Broadcasting, Inc. v. FCC : regrouping in ... Read More Two life stories : reflections of one black woman ... Read More |
| Summary, etc.: | Smoke and Mirrors is a passionate, richly nuanced ... Read More |
| Action Note: | committed to retain 20160630 20310630 EAST ... Read More |
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| Subject: | Race discrimination > Law and legislation > United States. United States > Race relations. |
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Includes bibliographical references. Smoke and Mirrors is a passionate, richly nuanced work that shows television as a circus, a wishing well, and a cure for loneliness. Ranging from Ed Sullivan to cyberspace, from kid shows to cable, and from the cheap thrills of "action adventure" to the solemn boredom of PBS pledge week, Leonard argues for a whole new way of thinking about television. For Leonard, the situation comedy is a socializing agency, the talk show is a legitimating agency, the made-for-television movie is the last redoubt of social conscience, and television criticism itself is the last refuge of time-serving thugs and postmodernists. Instead of scapegoating television as the cause of crime in our streets, stupidity in our schools, and spectacle rather than substance in our government, Leonard sees something else inside the box: an echo chamber and a feedback loop, a medium neither wholly innocent of nor entirely responsible for the frantic disorder it brings into our homes. |