Making Roots : a nation captivated / Matthew F. Delmont.

By:

Delmont, Matthew F [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2016]Copyright date: �2016Description: 1 online resource (x, 264 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9780520965133
0520965132

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Making Roots.DDC classification:

973/.0496073 23

LOC classification:

E185.97.H24 D45 2016

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Contents:

Before this anger -- The Gambia -- Speaking Roots -- Writing Roots -- Producing Roots -- Reading Roots -- Watching Roots -- A troublesome property.

Summary: When Alex Haley's book Roots was published by Doubleday in 1976 it became an immediate bestseller. The television series, broadcast by ABC in 1977, became the most popular miniseries of all time, captivating over a hundred million Americans. For the first time, Americans saw slavery as an integral part of the nation's history. With a remake of the series in 2016 by A & E Networks, Roots has again entered the national conversation. In Making "Roots," Matthew F. Delmont looks at the importance, contradictions, and limitations of mass culture and examines how Roots pushed the boundaries of history.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Before this anger -- The Gambia -- Speaking Roots -- Writing Roots -- Producing Roots -- Reading Roots -- Watching Roots -- A troublesome property.

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When Alex Haley's book Roots was published by Doubleday in 1976 it became an immediate bestseller. The television series, broadcast by ABC in 1977, became the most popular miniseries of all time, captivating over a hundred million Americans. For the first time, Americans saw slavery as an integral part of the nation's history. With a remake of the series in 2016 by A & E Networks, Roots has again entered the national conversation. In Making "Roots," Matthew F. Delmont looks at the importance, contradictions, and limitations of mass culture and examines how Roots pushed the boundaries of history.

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