Starring Mandela and Cosby
Media and the End(s) of Apartheid
- Contents
- Review Quotes

Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
INTRODUCTION / Media, Democratization, and the End(s) of Apartheid
ONE / Structured Absences and Communicative Spaces
TWO / In the Absence of Television
THREE / “They Stayed ’til the Flag Streamed”
FOUR / Surfing into Zulu
FIVE / Living with the Huxtables in a State of Emergency
SIX / I May Not Be a Freedom Fighter, but I Play One on TV
CONCLUSION / Television and the Afterlife of Apartheid
Postscript
Notes
Index“Ron Krabill has provided students of race, television, and cultural exchange with a new landmark that we all must read--and will all enjoy. In an era when we are told that race should not matter, TV is finished, and cultural exchange has been eased through YouTube, he brings us back to reality. Bravo!”
“This is a wonderfully fluid, fluent, and extraordinarily well-written analysis. Krabill has immersed himself in his story and he provides a theoretically refreshing way of telling it. He senses the contextual experiential nuance and the local-global texture of events as they unfolded, and by locating his narrative within the analytical nexus between Mandela and Cosby, the U.S. and South Africa, he appeals to readers across disciplines.”
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