- Description
- 1 online resource (viii, 235 pages) : illustrations.
- Summary
- "Despite claims from pundits and politicians that we now live in a post-racial America, people seem to keep finding ways to talk about race--from celebrations of the inauguration of the first Black president to resurgent debates about police profiling, race and racism remain salient features of our world. When faced with fervent anti-immigration sentiments, record incarceration rates of Blacks and Latinos, and deepening socio-economic disparities, a new question has erupted in the last decade: What does being post-racial mean?The Post-Racial Mystique explores how a variety of media--the news, network television, and online, independent media--debate, define and deploy the term "post-racial" in their representations of American politics and society. Using examples from both mainstream and niche media--from prime-time television series to specialty Christian media and audience interactions on social media--Catherine Squires draws upon a variety of disciplines including communication studies, sociology, political science, and cultural studies in order to understand emergent strategies for framing post-racial America. She reveals the ways in which media texts cast U.S. history, re-imagine interpersonal relationships, employ statistics, and inventively redeploy other identity categories in a quest to formulate different ways of responding to race"--
- Series Statement
- Critical cultural communication
- Uniform Title
- Post-racial mystique (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Post-racial mystique (Online)
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-231) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- LCCN
- 2013043409
- OCLC
- ssj0001112970
- Author
Squires, Catherine R., 1972-
- Title
The post-racial mystique [electronic resource] : media and race in the Twenty-First century / Catherine R. Squires.
- Imprint
New York : New York University Press, [2014]
- Series
Critical cultural communication
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-231) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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