{"product_id":"starring-mandela-and-cosby-ron-krabill-9780226451893","title":"Starring Mandela and Cosby: Media and the End(s) of Apartheid","description":"\u003cp\u003eDuring the worst years of apartheid, the most popular show on television in South Africa--among both Black and White South Africans--was \u003ci\u003eThe Cosby Show\u003c\/i\u003e. 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? \u003ci\u003eStarring Mandela and Cosby\u003c\/i\u003e takes up this paradox, revealing the surprising impact of television on racial politics. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe South African government maintained a ban on television until 1976, and according to Ron Krabill, they were right to be wary of its potential power. The medium, he contends, created a shared space for communication in a deeply divided nation that seemed destined for civil war along racial lines. At a time when it was illegal to publish images of Nelson Mandela, Bill Cosby became the most recognizable Black man in the country, and, Krabill argues, his presence in the living rooms of white South Africans helped lay the groundwork for Mandela's release and ascension to power. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWeaving together South Africa's political history and a social history of television, Krabill challenges conventional understandings of globalization, offering up new insights into the relationship between politics and the media.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ron Krabill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226451895\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226451893\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.60d","brand":"Ron Krabill","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48086411477247,"sku":"9780226451893","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_02ac41f7-43dc-4830-bb1c-5f914f0ccfa4.jpg?v=1769094519","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/starring-mandela-and-cosby-ron-krabill-9780226451893","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}