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| Preface |
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| Acknowledgments |
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1 Introducing The Cosby Show |
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1 | (14) |
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3 | (3) |
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6 | (2) |
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8 | (4) |
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Synopsis of The Cosby Show Episode Shown to Respondents |
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12 | (3) |
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2 Television and Reality: How Real Is The Cosby Show? |
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15 | (20) |
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17 | (6) |
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The Absence and Presence of Class |
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23 | (4) |
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27 | (3) |
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The World According to Cosby |
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30 | (5) |
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35 | (22) |
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White Viewers and Popularity: The Same and Different |
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36 | (2) |
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"They're Things That Happen Day by Day" |
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38 | (3) |
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"It Has That Kind of Airbrushed Quality About It" |
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41 | (2) |
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"It's Always Family Matters" |
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43 | (3) |
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"The Cosby Show's Black, and That Fits" |
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46 | (2) |
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Black Viewers and Popularity: "Thank You, Dr. Cosby, for Giving Us Back Ourselves" |
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48 | (2) |
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"When I Look at Them, I Look at Us" |
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50 | (3) |
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"What Kind of Question Is That for Black Folk?" |
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53 | (3) |
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Looking on the Bright Side |
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56 | (1) |
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4 Black Experience: Images, Illusions, and Social Class |
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57 | (14) |
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Black Images: The Case of the Disappearing Black Working Class |
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58 | (3) |
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Black Reality: The Permanent Underclass and Increasing Poverty |
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61 | (3) |
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64 | (4) |
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Class and Social Mobility |
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68 | (3) |
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5 Class and the Myth of the American Dream |
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71 | (22) |
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Misrepresentations and Misconceptions |
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71 | (1) |
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Television and the "American Dream" |
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72 | (3) |
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Class Consciousness: The View from Above |
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75 | (3) |
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Class Consciousness: The View from Below |
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78 | (3) |
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The Displacement of Class onto Race |
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81 | (2) |
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Stereotyping: The Limits of Conventional Thinking |
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83 | (3) |
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The Fictional Creation of a Racially Just Society |
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86 | (7) |
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6 White Responses: The Emergence of "Enlightened" Racism |
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93 | (20) |
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The Insidious Return of Racism |
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93 | (2) |
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Definitions of Black: Color Versus Culture |
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95 | (3) |
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The Black and White Cosby Show |
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98 | (3) |
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Now You See It, Now You Don't |
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101 | (7) |
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108 | (1) |
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The Consequences of Classlessness |
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109 | (4) |
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7 Black Responses: The Hollow Images of Success |
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113 | (18) |
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113 | (4) |
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Race and Class in Black Situation Comedies |
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117 | (4) |
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Positive Images and the Search for Prosperity |
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121 | (3) |
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124 | (3) |
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Clinging to the American Dream |
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127 | (4) |
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8 Conclusion: Unpopular Messages in an Age of Popularity |
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131 | (14) |
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Affirming Inaction in White Viewers |
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135 | (3) |
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138 | (1) |
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Moving Beyond the American Dream |
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139 | (6) |
| References |
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145 | (2) |
| About the Book and Authors |
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147 | (2) |
| Index |
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