Full Description
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.
Contents
Introduction
Section One: Network Television before Roots
Chapter One: What about Us?
Chapter Two: Roots the novel
Chapter Three: Enter David L. Wolper
Section Two: The Production Process
Chapter Four: Casting Call
Chapter Five: The Broadcast Standards Wars.
Chapter Six: A Change in Network Management
Section Three: New Ways of Thinking?
Chapter Seven: The Broadcast and the Aftermath
Chapter Eight: Television and African American Images Post-Roots
Notes
Index
About the Author
