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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Benjamin M. HanPublisher: Rutgers University Press Imprint: Rutgers University Press Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.003kg ISBN: 9781978803831ISBN 10: 1978803834 Pages: 216 Publication Date: 19 June 2020 Recommended Age: From 18 to 99 years Audience: College/higher education , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsContents Introduction 1 Narratives of Integration: Ethnic Spectacle and Las Vegas 2 Narratives of Exchange: Asian/ American Performers after the Korean War 3 Narratives of Partnership: Latin American Entertainers in the Post-Cuban Revolution 4 Narratives of Co-Existence: Pacific Islanders and the Statehood of Hawaii’i Epilogue Epilogue Acknowledgments Bibliography IndexReviewsBenjamin M. Han illuminates the secret history of the American variety show, deftly revealing the cosmopolitan roots of a familiar TV format. A major contribution to the cultural history of the Cold War. --Christina Klein author of Cold War Cosmopolitanism: Period Style in 1950s Korean Cinema Fascinating, compelling, and important, Beyond the Black and White TV demonstrates how government objectives were married with the goals of television productions to display migration, integration, and global imagination in order to control discourses of race and nation.This work reframes television history through the lens of variety shows by engaging with race from an industry perspective, informing readers how race factored into the production of genre and national identity. --L.S. Kim associate professor, Film and Digital Media, University of California, Santa Cruz """Benjamin M. Han illuminates the secret history of the American variety show, deftly revealing the cosmopolitan roots of a familiar TV format. A major contribution to the cultural history of the Cold War.""— Christina Klein, author of Cold War Cosmopolitanism: Period Style in 1950s Korean Cinema ""The Cold War has been studied by many, but this is the first book that does so by looking at how the “ethnic spectacle” helped the United States in winning the cultural Cold War.""— Journal of Popular Culture ""Beyond the Black and White TV makes a convincing and timely argument that the history of Asian and Latin American media representation is the history of anticommunism [and] serves as a warning to critically examine such media representation as more than merely evidence of America’s racial liberalism but also as an instrument for its political interests.""— Journal of Asian American Studies ""This book illustrates the process by which various races coexist to construct a state and how television programs are used to form national identity… Readers tired of examining the Cold War only in the context of international politics will enjoy understanding the conflict through various experiences of racial diversity and ambiguity."" — Wonjung Min, Asian Communication Research ""Fascinating, compelling, and important, Beyond the Black and White TV demonstrates how government objectives were married with the goals of television productions to display migration, integration, and global imagination in order to control discourses of race and nation.This work reframes television history through the lens of variety shows by engaging with race from an industry perspective, informing readers how race factored into the production of genre and national identity."" — L.S. Kim, associate professor, Film and Digital Media, University of California, Santa Cruz" The Cold War has been studied by many, but this is the first book that does so by looking at how the ethnic spectacle helped the United States in winning the cultural Cold War. -- Journal of Popular Culture Benjamin M. Han illuminates the secret history of the American variety show, deftly revealing the cosmopolitan roots of a familiar TV format. A major contribution to the cultural history of the Cold War. --Christina Klein author of Cold War Cosmopolitanism: Period Style in 1950s Korean Cinema This book illustrates the process by which various races coexist to construct a state and how television programs are used to form national identity... Readers tired of examining the Cold War only in the context of international politics will enjoy understanding the conflict through various experiences of racial diversity and ambiguity. --Wonjung Min Asian Communication Research (8/22/2022 12:00:00 AM) Beyond the Black and White TV makes a convincing and timely argument that the history of Asian and Latin American media representation is the history of anticommunism [and] serves as a warning to critically examine such media representation as more than merely evidence of America's racial liberalism but also as an instrument for its political interests. -- Journal of Asian American Studies Fascinating, compelling, and important, Beyond the Black and White TV demonstrates how government objectives were married with the goals of television productions to display migration, integration, and global imagination in order to control discourses of race and nation.This work reframes television history through the lens of variety shows by engaging with race from an industry perspective, informing readers how race factored into the production of genre and national identity. --L.S. Kim associate professor, Film and Digital Media, University of California, Santa Cruz Fascinating, compelling, and important, Beyond the Black and White TV demonstrates how government objectives were married with the goals of television productions to display migration, integration, and global imagination in order to control discourses of race and nation.This work reframes television history through the lens of variety shows by engaging with race from an industry perspective, informing readers how race factored into the production of genre and national identity. --LS Kim associate professor, Film and Digital Media, University of California, Santa Cruz """This book illustrates the process by which various races coexist to construct a state and how television programs are used to form national identity… Readers tired of examining the Cold War only in the context of international politics will enjoy understanding the conflict through various experiences of racial diversity and ambiguity."" — Wonjung Min, Asian Communication Research ""Fascinating, compelling, and important, Beyond the Black and White TV demonstrates how government objectives were married with the goals of television productions to display migration, integration, and global imagination in order to control discourses of race and nation.This work reframes television history through the lens of variety shows by engaging with race from an industry perspective, informing readers how race factored into the production of genre and national identity."" — L.S. Kim, associate professor, Film and Digital Media, University of California, Santa Cruz ""Benjamin M. Han illuminates the secret history of the American variety show, deftly revealing the cosmopolitan roots of a familiar TV format. A major contribution to the cultural history of the Cold War.""— Christina Klein, author of Cold War Cosmopolitanism: Period Style in 1950s Korean Cinema ""Beyond the Black and White TV makes a convincing and timely argument that the history of Asian and Latin American media representation is the history of anticommunism [and] serves as a warning to critically examine such media representation as more than merely evidence of America’s racial liberalism but also as an instrument for its political interests.""— Journal of Asian American Studies ""The Cold War has been studied by many, but this is the first book that does so by looking at how the “ethnic spectacle” helped the United States in winning the cultural Cold War.""— Journal of Popular Culture" Author InformationBENJAMIN M. HAN is an associate professor in the Department of Entertainment and Media Studies at the University of Georgia, Athens. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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