Adjusting the contrast
Author: Sarita Malik
ISBN: 9781526100986
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Year first published: 17 Aug 2017
Pages: 232
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9781526100986
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Year first published: 17 Aug 2017
Pages: 232
Format: Hardback
This volume looks at a range of texts and practices that address race and its relationship with television. The chapters explore television policy and the management of race, how transnationalism can diminish racial diversity, historical questions of representation, the myth of a multicultural England and more. They also provide analyses of programmes such as 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. -- .