Media, democratization, and the end(s) of apartheid -- Structured absences and communicative spaces -- In the absence of television -- "They stayed 'til the flag streamed" -- Surfing into Zulu -- Living with the Huxtables in a state of emergency -- I may not be a freedom fighter, but I play one on TV -- Television and the afterlife of apartheid.
Summary
During the worst years of apartheid, the most popular show on television in South Africa was " The Cosby Show". Why did people living under a system built on the idea that Black people were inferior and threatening flock to a show that portrayed African Americans as comfortably mainstream? The South African government maintained a ban on television until 1976. Weaving together South Africa's political history and a social history of television, Ron Krabill challenges conventional understandings of globalization, offering up new insights into the relationship between politics and the media.--[book cover]
