Broadcasting apartheid : British television and the anti-apartheid campaign, 1950-1990 /
"Explores how television revolutionized the political landscape in postwar Britain and played a pivotal role in the anti-apartheid campaign from 1950 to 1990. Drawing on print and audiovisual sources, as well as case studies spanning a range of television content, Zalmanovich shows how televisi...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2025]
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| Series: | Oxford studies in culture & politics.
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| Summary: | "Explores how television revolutionized the political landscape in postwar Britain and played a pivotal role in the anti-apartheid campaign from 1950 to 1990. Drawing on print and audiovisual sources, as well as case studies spanning a range of television content, Zalmanovich shows how television's audiovisual capacities and narrative power evoked empathy and solidarity, galvanizing ordinary citizens into anti-apartheid activism through AAM branches, trade unions, and local government. As Zalmanovich shows, television's ability to transcend geographical and temporal boundaries proved instrumental in building a global coalition against apartheid. Moreover, she argues that television became a key battleground in the broader struggle for racial equality in Britain, where debates over apartheid intersected with contemporary discussions about race, immigration, decolonization, and Cold War politics"-- |
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| Physical Description: | xv, 254 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780197774786 0197774784 |