TY - BOOK AU - Ball,Erica L. AU - Jackson,Kellie Carter AU - Gates,Henry Louis TI - Reconsidering roots: race, politics, and memory T2 - Since 1970: Histories of contemporary America SN - 9780820350820 (pbk. : alk. paper) AV - PN 1992.77 R311 2017 U1 - 791.45/72 PY - 2017/// CY - Athens PB - The University of Georgia Press KW - Roots (Television program : 1977) KW - Raíces (programa de televisión) KW - Programas de televisión KW - Slavery on television KW - African Americans on television KW - Racism on television KW - Race on television N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - These essays -- from scholars in history, sociology, film, and media studies -- interrogate Roots, assessing the ways that the book and its dramatization recast representations of slavery, labor, and the black family; reflected on the promise of freedom and civil rights; and engaged discourses of race, gender, violence, and power ER -