Doctor Who,
Shoot the Messenger,
Desi DNA,
Survivors and
Top Boy, all of which are considered in the context of the broadcast environments that helped to create them. While efforts have been made to put diverse portrayals on screen, there are still significant problems with the stories being told.
Table of Content
Introduction – Sarita Malik and Darrell M. Newton
1 A little Brit different? BBC America and transnational constructs of Britishness – Darrell M. Newton
2 Scheduling race – Anamik Saha
3 Reframing the 1950s: race and representation in recent British television – James Burton
4 Black British drama, losses and gains: the case of Shoot the Messenger – Sarita Malik
5 The iconic ghetto on British television: Black representation and Top Boy – Kehinde Andrews
6 Whiteness, normativity and the ongoing racial Other: imperial fictions: Doctor Who, post-racial slavery and other liberal humanist fantasies – Susana Loza
7 Myth of a multicultural England in BBC’s Luther – Nicole M. Jackson
8 Framing The Fosters: jokes, racism and Black and Asian voices in British comedy television – Gavin Schaffer
Index
About the author
Darrell Newton is Professor of Media Studies and Associate Dean at Salisbury University, USAMore ebooks from the same author(s) / Editor
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