{"product_id":"the-colorblind-screen-9781479809769","title":"The Colorblind Screen","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe election of President Barack Obama signaled for many the\u003cbr\u003erealization of a post-racial America, a nation in which racism was no longer a\u003cbr\u003edefining social, cultural, and political issue. While many Americans espouse a\u003cbr\u003e“colorblind” racial ideology and publicly endorse the broad goals of\u003cbr\u003eintegration and equal treatment without regard to race, in actuality this\u003cbr\u003eattitude serves to reify and legitimize racism and protects racial privileges\u003cbr\u003eby denying and minimizing the effects of systematic and institutionalized\u003cbr\u003eracism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn The Colorblind Screen, the contributors examine\u003cbr\u003etelevision’s role as the major discursive medium in the articulation and\u003cbr\u003econtestation of racialized identities in the United States. While the dominant\u003cbr\u003emode of televisual racialization has shifted to a “colorblind” ideology that\u003cbr\u003eforegrounds racial differences in order to celebrate multicultural\u003cbr\u003eassimilation, the volume investigates how this practice denies the significant\u003cbr\u003esocial, economic, and political realities and inequalities that continue to\u003cbr\u003edefine race relations today. Focusing on such iconic figures as President\u003cbr\u003eObama, LeBron James, and Oprah Winfrey, many chapters examine the ways in which\u003cbr\u003erace is read by television audiences and fans. Other essays focus on how visual\u003cbr\u003econstructions of race in dramas like 24, Sleeper Cell, and The Wanted\u003cbr\u003econtinue to conflate Arab and Muslim identities in post-9\/11 television. The\u003cbr\u003evolume offers an important intervention in the study of the televisual\u003cbr\u003erepresentation of race, engaging with multiple aspects of the mythologies\u003cbr\u003edeveloping around notions of a “post-racial” America and the duplicitous\u003cbr\u003ediscursive rationale offered by the ideology of colorblindness.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sarah E. Turner","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48274186666235,"sku":"9781479809769","price":107.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_f78c5388-f332-4a8e-b769-4f107e1de96d.jpg?v=1771032795","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/the-colorblind-screen-9781479809769","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}