In Living Color, Chappelle's Show, and Bamboozled: Decoding Representations of Blackness

Author(s) Information

Genevieve Odette Owsowitz, California Polytechnic State University - San Luis ObispoFollow

Department - Author 1

Communication Studies Department

Degree Name - Author 1

BA in Communication Studies

Date

6-2010

Primary Advisor

Christopher Skiles

Abstract/Summary

This paper investigates depictions of African-Americans in popular American television and film. It examines the social context and historical background of three mediated texts in an effort to decode the political commentary present within comedic images.

URL: https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/comssp/26