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Launched in 1980, cable network Black Entertainment Television (BET) has helped make blackness visible and profitable at levels never seen prior in the TV industry. In 2000, BET was sold by founder Robert L. Johnson, a former cable lobbyist, to media giant Viacom for 2.33 billion dollars. This book explores the legacy of BET: what the network has provided to the larger US television economy, and, more specifically, to its target African-American demographic. The book examines whether the company has fulfilled its stated goals and implied obligation to African-American communities. Has it changed the way African-Americans see themselves and the way others see them? Does the financial success of the network - secured in large part via the proliferation of images deemed offensive and problematic by many black communities - come at the expense of its African-American audience? This book fills a major gap in black television scholarship and should find a sizeable audience in both media studies and African-American studies.

This volume is divided into three parts: 'Adaptation and Local Production in East Asia', 'Formats, Clones, and Generic Variations' and 'New Television'.

This chapter provides a description and critical analysis of Noah’s Arc , a Logo cable television series featuring a predominantly African American gay male cast. Queer theory and quare studies are used as theoretical tools to examine the conceptions of blackness in general, as well as representations of blackness in Noah’s Arc . Thereafter this chapter turns to an analysis of the representations in this series to illustrate how Noah’s Arc not only queers and quares notions of authentic blackness but also serves to expand various notions of blackness. Finally, this chapter provides a treatment of how whiteness and heteronormativity are implicated in this recent iteration of a racialized queer visibility in popular culture.

Fusing audience research and ethnography, the book presents a compelling account of women's changing lives and identities in relation to the impact of the most popular media culture in everyday life: television. Within the historically-specific social conditions of Korean modernity, Youna Kim analyzes how Korean women of varying age and class group cope with the new environment of changing economical structure and social relations. The book argues that television is an important resource for women, stimulating them to research their own lives and identities. Youna Kim reveals Korean women as creative, energetic and critical audiences in their responses to evolving modernity and the impact of the West. Based on original empirical research, the book explores the hopes, aspirations, frustrations and dilemmas of Korean women as they try to cope with life beyond traditional grounds. Going beyond the traditional Anglo-American view of media and culture, this text will appeal to students and scholars of both Korean area studies and media and communications studies.

En este artículo, se aborda la temática del video como tecnología de género. El video es el medio de creación artística que algunas mujeres están utilizando para crear lo que se puede llamar imá genes en femenino. Se hace un acercamiento al discurso feminista y los presupuestos teóricos que se han tomado para el análisis del discurso videográfico de las mujeres. Se presenta un breve análisis de los trabajos de las videastas Pola Weiss y Pilar Rodríguez.

Questions about the meanings of racialized representations must be included as part of developing an ethical game design practice. This paper examines the various ways in which race and racial contexts are represented in a selected range of commercially available e-games, namely war, sports and action-adventure games. The analysis focuses on the use of racial slurs and the contingencies of historical re-representation in war games; the limited representation of black masculinity in sports games and the romanticization of ‘ghetto play’ in urban street games; and the pathologization and fetishization of race in ‘crime sim’ action-adventure games such as True Crime: Streets of LA. This paper argues for, firstly, a continuous critical engagement with these dominant representations in all their evolving forms; secondly, the necessary inclusion of reflexive precepts in e-games development contexts; and thirdly, the importance of advocating for more diverse and equitable racialized representations in commercial e-games.

"Featuring Females analyzes the portrayals of women in a variety of outlets, including reality television shows, films, print and electronic news programming, magazines, video games, and commercial advertising. A highly esteemed group of scholars and researchers provides informed, original psychological study, and their thought-provoking findings address the ways in which aging, race/ethnicity, body image, gender roles, sexual orientation and relationships, and violence are treated in the media. Featuring Females is a diverse volume, exploring images and characterizations of women young and old and inspiring discussion of the effects that these representations have on girls, women, and society at large"--

La idea de elaborar un número sobre las luchas de las mujeres y las feministas en América Latina y el Caribe surgió de un encuentro entre Sabine Masson (Suiza), Jules Falquet (Francia) y Ochy Curiel (República Dominicana), cuyos caminos se cruzaron en el continente latinoamericano por razones personales y políticas. Debatimos y reflexionamos juntas sobre la cuestión de las barreras de "raza" y de clase que nos atraviesan a las feministas de diferentes partes del mundo, y que son en particular el reflejo de las relaciones de dominación entre el Sur y el Norte. Precisamente por estas barreras, las experiencias políticas y el trabajo de construcción colectiva de muchas feministas y mujeres, especialmente de América Latina y el Caribe, siguen siendo desconocidas para la mayoría de las feministas de otras latitudes, y de poco interés para las revistas académicas feministas de los países ricos. Oponerse a esta invisibilización y contribuir, aunque sea a nivel experimental y muy modesto, a la deconstrucción de estas barreras, fue nuestra principal motivación para organizar este número en una revista francófona como Nouvelles Questions Féministes. Sin embargo, el trabajo de coordinación presentó importantes contradicciones: primero, entre nosotros mismos. En primer lugar, tuvimos que reconocer e integrar las diferencias y similitudes de nuestras respectivas posiciones, para llegar a un consenso que nos permitiera desarrollar esta cuestión juntos. En segundo lugar, nos enfrentamos al riesgo de reproducir una vez más el saqueo de los conocimientos de las mujeres indias, afrodescendientes y mestizas latinoamericanas y caribeñas por parte de los "expertos del Norte". Los textos se traducirían al francés, lo que significaría que una ínfima minoría de mujeres latinoamericanas y caribeñas tendría acceso a ellos, mientras circulaban por Europa, enriqueciendo una vez más el conocimiento de las mujeres de los países ricos con el trabajo, las luchas, las historias y los escritos de las mujeres de los países pobres. Ante este problema, decidimos que la publicación de este número fuera acompañada de una versión en español, con el objetivo de hacer circular y compartir esta producción intelectual en América Latina y el Caribe   L’idée de faire un numéro sur les luttes de femmes et les luttes féministes en Amérique latine et aux Caraïbes a surgi de la rencontre entre Sabine Masson (Suisse), Jules Falquet (France) et Ochy Curiel (République Dominicaine), dont les chemins se sont croisés sur le continent latino-américain pour des raisons personnelles autant que politiques. Nous avons débattu et réfléchi ensemble sur la question des barrières de « race » et de classe qui nous traversent, nous les féministes de différentes parties du monde, et qui sont notamment le reflet des rapports de domination entre le Sud et le Nord. Justement à cause de ces barrières, les expériences politiques et le travail de construction collective de beaucoup de féministes et de femmes, notamment latino-américaines et des Caraïbes, demeurent inconnus de la plupart des féministes d’autres latitudes, et intéressent peu les revues féministes académiques des pays riches. S’opposer à cette invisibilisation et contribuer, même si ce n’est qu’à un niveau expérimental et très modeste, à déconstruire ces barrières, a constitué notre principale motivation pour organiser ce numéro dans une revue francophone comme Nouvelles Questions Féministes . Néanmoins, le travail de coordination présentait d’importantes contradictions : d’abord, entre nous. Pour commencer, nous avons dû reconnaître et intégrer les différences et les similitudes de nos positions respectives, afin de parvenir à un consensus qui nous permette d’élaborer ce numéro ensemble. Ensuite, nous nous confrontions au risque de reproduire encore une fois le pillage des connaissances des femmes indiennes, afro-descendantes et métisses latino-américaines et des Caraïbes par les « expertes du Nord ». Les textes allaient être traduits en français, c’est-à-dire qu’une infime minorité de femmes latino-américaines et des Caraïbes pourrait y avoir accès, pendant qu’ils circuleraient en Europe, enrichissant une fois de plus le savoir des femmes des pays riches à partir du travail, des luttes, des histoires et des écrits des femmes des pays pauvres. Face à ce problème, nous avons décidé que la publication de ce numéro allait s’accompagner d’une version en espagnol, dans le but de faire circuler et de partager cette production intellectuelle en Amérique latine et aux Caraïbes

Shanti Kumar's Gandhi Meets Primetime examines how cultural imaginations of national identity have been transformed by the rapid growth of satellite and cable television in postcolonial India. To evaluate the growing influence of foreign and domestic satellite and cable channels since 1991, the book considers a wide range of materials including contemporary television programming, historical archives, legal documents, policy statements, academic writings and journalistic accounts. Kumar argues that India's hybrid national identity is manifested in the discourses found in this variety of empirical sources. He deconstructs representations of Mahatma Gandhi as the Father of the Nation on the state-sponsored network Doordarshan and those found on Rupert Murdoch's STAR TV network. The book closely analyzes print advertisements to trace the changing status of the television set as a cultural commodity in postcolonial India and examines publicity brochures, promotional materials and programming schedules of Indian-language networks to outline the role of vernacular media in the discourse of electronic capitalism. The empirical evidence is illuminated by theoretical analyses that combine diverse approaches such as cultural studies, poststructuralism and postcolonial criticism.

La presencia del arte contemporáneo latinoamericano en el mundo contemporáneo, es concebida y movilizada a través de la existencia de una diáspora que ha perdido toda clase de arraigo en sus lugares territoriales definitorios. Los lenguajes que éstas muestran tienden ha consolidar un gusto por la simultaneidad, por la complejidad, por lo marginal, por lo oculto, y por las relativizaciones de una realidad que se pregunta constantemente por el sentido de su ser. Las diásporas artísticas ubican sus propuestas en medio de una serie de posicionamientos, para tratar de narrar las historias y las situaciones, que comenzaron ha emerger, en el momento en el cual se establece una dominante epocal, observadora y tolerante de la diversidad de los márgenes. El arte de las diásporas parecía configurar un nuevo espacio de representación, digno de ser atrapado o explicado dentro de nuevas posiciones teóricas, que manifestarán el por qué de unas de estas expresiones, muchas veces imposibles de traducir ante la pérdida del sentido del monopolio cultural occidental en el campo de las artes. De allí que, se hallan confeccionado en el mundo contemporáneo tardocapitalista y posindustrial, posiciones teóricas que incluyentes y estudiosas de la alteridad, de las diferencias, de la otredad, de la subalternidad. Para partir de los enunciados fragmentarios y múltiples mostrados por las teorías multiculturalistas y por la Crítica Poscolonial. Un intento de dotar de sentido a una realidad global, que ha perdido las fronteras. En este sentido, el espectro teórico que estudia a la diversidad observa a las culturas, a sus contaminaciones y desplazamientos desde diversas perspectivas, las cuales han incido en el mundo del arte contemporáneo en la formulación de un Nuevo Internacionalismo incluyente de las representaciones de los otros. El arte latinoamericano en este contexto se encuentra convocado, invitado, para legitimar la puesta en escena de unas realidades que pretenden ser cercanas, y a su vez alejadas, por las tensiones producidas por las propuestas discursivas del multiculturalismo y del poscolonialismo, en sus lecturas sobre las culturas como opuestas y no como parte integrante de una metacultura global. Las diásporas se ubican a partir de la deconstrucción de los postulados mayores de estas nuevas tendencias teóricas, para evidenciar su localidad desde la particularidad de sus legados e historias. Espacio en el cual, los artistas pertenecientes a la diáspora contemporánea, han demostrado responder con presteza a la cantidad de situaciones presentadas en medio de una realidad interconectada desde tiempos anteriores, y que en la actualidad manifiesta la exacerbación de las relaciones con lo que se pretende diferente.

Hong Kong is famous internationally as a financial market, a shopping paradise, and Chinese film production hub, but notoriously (and perhaps even attractively for some) Hong Kong is also a hotbed of piracy of computer software, DVDs, watches and toys.1 While many cultural products such as television dramas and movies are original and quite reputable in the region, media critics argue that the copycat phenomenon, which includes borrowing, inserting and modifying other cultural texts to augment local production, is common in the media and entertainment industries (Fung 1998). Whenever a new form, style, or popular culture trend emerges in Hong Kong, market forces soon kick in to replicate it. However, this kind of reproduction, as shown by the history of cultural production in Hong Kong, does not necessarily lead to a degradation of programme quality. Reproduction is not only a savvy strategy to reduce the financial risks inherent to new products, but also aims at producing ‘improved’ versions which can reap more profits for the industry.

In March 2001 a Japanese newspaper report entitled ‘Indians are addicted to a quiz show’ drew attention to a phenomenally popular television programme in India – a quiz show that attracts millions of viewers in which challengers strive to win prize money (Asahi Shinbun 2001). What was particularly eye-catching for the journalist was the profligately decorated studio set located in Mumbai (Bombay) and the caring guidance of the MC, a film star famous in India. The name of the show, as you might have already inferred, was Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?.

Television has been called ‘a Western-originated project’ (Barker 1997: 5) and an institution of Western capitalist modernity. The global circulation of Western-centred, or more specifically, American-centred cultural products, contributes to the formation and dissemination of a global shared culture that reaches across the boundaries of nation-states. In the process American cultural products play a role in the formation of local television cultures.

Taiwan residents enjoy one of the most abundant television diets in East Asia. Eighty per cent of households subscribe to cable television services, offering a buffet of more than eighty channels including niche and full service channels. Taiwan’s television industry, while relatively small in comparison with its competitors in East Asia, has established a reputation for creatively re-generating formats developed elsewhere.

In the eyes of many observers the Philippine cultural icon that is synonymous with travel, as well as being the subject of numerous advertisements is the jeepney, a public-transport vehicle assembled in the style of the US military jeep but lengthened to accommodate from fourteen to twenty-two sitting passengers. What distinguishes the jeepney from run-of-the-mill public transport however is its artistic décor: a clutter and kaleidoscope of various artefacts from miniature steel horses dotting the hood, to massive, jazzy plastic or steel billboards announcing the name of the jeepney, to murals painted in fiesta colours at the sides, to a bizarre combination of items in the front windshield juxtaposing conflicting images of the Sto. Nino (the baby Jesus Christ) and stickers with sexually risqué messages.

Television programme format adaptation is becoming an increasingly significant phenomenon in India as it is in many other countries with an active domestic television industry. Some obvious successes stand out in recent years, such as Kaun Banega Crorepati, the licensed adaptation of Celador’s global format success Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, and C.A.T.S., a licensed Hindi version of the US detective series Charlie’s Angels. However, sensitivity to local cultural nuances has been critical to their popular reception by Indian audiences. Yet despite a few high-profile licensed adaptations or copycatting, there are far more instances of unlicensed adaptations or cloning, sometimes subtle, other times not.

"By bringing together a provocative selection of essays and images, Only Skin Deep: Changing Visions of the American Self addresses the issues of nation, race, and selfhood and how they are depicted in ways that are challenging and informative, prompting readers to consider the impact of photography on our everyday lives." "If photographs are chiefly responsible for perpetuating myths of American identity, can a different reading of these representations break down distorting stereotypes? This is the central question posed by Only Skin Deep. The authors in this book forcefully argue that race and nation - and, indeed, photography itself - are fictions, cultural constructions that shape our social interactions. Even as symbols, these photographic depictions of ethnic difference and cultural superiority have very real consequences. This collection of works and essays addresses, for example, the lingering consequences of American colonial expansion; the conflict between public and private visualizations of individuals; the role of commercial imagery in shaping gender roles; the impact of fantasy in ethnic or ethnographic photography; and the uses of science to provide justification for politicized depictions of "race."" "Accompanying a major exhibition of the same name, Only Skin Deep offers a critical rereading of the archive of the history of photography. This applies to the works of famous photographers - such as Dorothea Lange, Walker Evans, Ansel Adams, and Edward Steichen - as well as lesser-known historical figures, including Charles Eisenmann, Frances Benjamin Johnston, Will Soule, and Toyo Miyatake. A substantial part of the book is devoted to contemporary artists and photographers who have moved beyond the multicultural approach to representations of "race" and have made an investigation of the semiotics of cultural identity a prevalent theme over the past decade. Among the recent photographers included are: Nancy Burson, Nikki S. Lee, Glenn Ligon, Paul Pfeiffer, Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie, Cindy Sherman, Lorna Simpson, and Andres Serrano."--(BOOK JACKET)

In this essay I examine one particular feature of the films, the song-and-dance sequences, as they draw attention to the fractious nature of the postcolonial nation while simultaneously attempting to construct a space for the articulation of a consolidated national identity.

Samella Lewis has brought African American Art and Artists fully up to date in this revised and expanded edition. The book now looks at the works and lives of artists from the eighteenth century to the present, including new work in traditional media as well as in installation art, mixed media, and digital/computer art. Generously and handsomely illustrated, the book continues to reveal the rich legacy of work by African American artists.