Race and Media
Critical Approaches
Published on 15. December 2020
Book
Hardback
344 pages
978-1-4798-9577-9 (ISBN)
Description
A foundational collection of essays that demonstrate how to study race and media
From graphic footage of migrant children in cages to #BlackLivesMatter and #OscarsSoWhite, portrayals and discussions of race dominate the media landscape. Race and Media adopts a wide range of methods to make sense of specific occurrences, from the corporate portrayal of mixed-race identity by 23andMe to the cosmopolitan fetishization of Marie Kondo. As a whole, this collection demonstrates that all forms of media-from the sitcoms we stream to the Twitter feeds we follow-confirm racism and reinforce its ideological frameworks, while simultaneously giving space for new modes of resistance and understanding.
In each chapter, a leading media scholar elucidates a set of foundational concepts in the study of race and media-such as the burden of representation, discourses of racialization, multiculturalism, hybridity, and the visuality of race. In doing so, they offer tools for media literacy that include rigorous analysis of texts, ideologies, institutions and structures, audiences and users, and technologies. The authors then apply these concepts to a wide range of media and the diverse communities that engage with them in order to uncover new theoretical frameworks and methodologies. From advertising and music to film festivals, video games, telenovelas, and social media, these essays engage and employ contemporary dialogues and struggles for social justice by racialized communities to push media forward.
Contributors include:
Mary Beltran
Meshell Sturgis
Ralina L. Joseph
Dolores Ines Casillas
Jennifer Lynn Stoever
Jason Kido Lopez
Peter X Feng
Jacqueline Land
Mari Castaneda
Jun Okada
Amy Villarejo
Aymar Jean Christian
Sarah Florini
Raven Maragh-Lloyd
Sulafa Zidani
Lia Wolock
Meredith D. Clark
Jillian M. Baez
Miranda J. Brady
Kishonna L. Gray
Susan Noh
From graphic footage of migrant children in cages to #BlackLivesMatter and #OscarsSoWhite, portrayals and discussions of race dominate the media landscape. Race and Media adopts a wide range of methods to make sense of specific occurrences, from the corporate portrayal of mixed-race identity by 23andMe to the cosmopolitan fetishization of Marie Kondo. As a whole, this collection demonstrates that all forms of media-from the sitcoms we stream to the Twitter feeds we follow-confirm racism and reinforce its ideological frameworks, while simultaneously giving space for new modes of resistance and understanding.
In each chapter, a leading media scholar elucidates a set of foundational concepts in the study of race and media-such as the burden of representation, discourses of racialization, multiculturalism, hybridity, and the visuality of race. In doing so, they offer tools for media literacy that include rigorous analysis of texts, ideologies, institutions and structures, audiences and users, and technologies. The authors then apply these concepts to a wide range of media and the diverse communities that engage with them in order to uncover new theoretical frameworks and methodologies. From advertising and music to film festivals, video games, telenovelas, and social media, these essays engage and employ contemporary dialogues and struggles for social justice by racialized communities to push media forward.
Contributors include:
Mary Beltran
Meshell Sturgis
Ralina L. Joseph
Dolores Ines Casillas
Jennifer Lynn Stoever
Jason Kido Lopez
Peter X Feng
Jacqueline Land
Mari Castaneda
Jun Okada
Amy Villarejo
Aymar Jean Christian
Sarah Florini
Raven Maragh-Lloyd
Sulafa Zidani
Lia Wolock
Meredith D. Clark
Jillian M. Baez
Miranda J. Brady
Kishonna L. Gray
Susan Noh
Reviews / Votes
"Urgently needed, there is no other book that addresses studying race and media like this one. The editor and contributors provide inclusive up-to-date analyses containing great diversity of thought, research, and methodology over a range of case studies on the topic of race and media. This book is destined to become the 'go-to' textbook for Race and Media courses" (Angharad N. Valdivia, author of The Gender of Latinidad: Uses and Abuses of Hybridity) "This is the collection I've been waiting for. It refutes the stereotype that race-conscious media studies is 'just' about representation. The articles here by new and established scholars show us how centering race in studies of production, platforms, audiences, and representation can push the entire field of media studies forward in fundamental ways." (LeiLani Nishime, co-editor of Racial Ecologies) "An unparalleled, inclusive, and intersectional collection of original research ... recommend it most highly." (Global Media Journal)More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Trade binding
Illustrations
11 b/w illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
635 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4798-9577-9 (9781479895779)
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Lori Kido Lopez is Associate Professor of Media and Cultural Studies in the Communication Arts Department at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the author of Asian American Media Activism.