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Eric Pierson - Roots, Inbunden

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Roots

A Cultural History

Av Eric Pierson

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Published in time for the 45th anniversary of the initial airing of Roots, this historical analysis integrates culture critiques, ideological analysis, and political and cultural studies to shed new light on an essential show.The journeyofRootsfrompage-to-screen-to-popularculture momentisworthy ofa deep exploration.Rootswas notjustanother televisionseries; it capturedthe attentionofover seventy-fivemillionviewersduring itsinitial broadcastand continuestohaveresonancewithin popularcultureand televisionhistory.Someforty-plusyearsafterthe originalbroadcast, the frequentsyndicatedbroadcastingofthe originalseries,theavailabilityofthe programon streamingplatforms,anda recentremakeofthe seriesbythe HistoryChannel reflectthe continuedimpactandinterestinthe program.Currently,no book-lengthstudyofthe impact andaftermathoftheRootsbroadcastexist;athoroughexaminationofthe programislong overdue.
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Eric Pierson is a professor and former chair of the Communication Studies Department at the University of San Diego. He has written on a variety of topics for outlets such as Screening Noir, The Journal of Mass Media Ethics, and Scope. His most recent writings, “The Promise of Roots” and “In The Beginning There Was Shaft,” appear in Watching While Black: Centering the Television of Black Audiences and Beyond Blaxploitation. Pierson is a regular guest and panel moderator for the Roger Ebert Film Festival in Champaign/Urbana. He can also be seen in the documentaries Infiltrating Hollywood: The Rise and Fall of the Spook Who Sat By The Door and Cover Story: The Press Your Luck Scandal.

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