Making Roots
A Nation Captivated
by Matthew F. Delmont
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Pub Date Aug 02 2016 | Archive Date Oct 03 2016
Description
When Alex Haley’s book Roots was published by Doubleday in 1976 it became an immediate bestseller. The television series, broadcast by ABC in 1977, became the most popular miniseries of all time, captivating over a hundred million Americans. For the first time, Americans saw slavery as an integral part of the nation’s history. With a remake of the series in 2016 by A&E Networks, Roots has again entered the national conversation. In Making “Roots,” Matthew F. Delmont looks at the importance, contradictions, and limitations of mass culture and examines how Roots pushed the boundaries of history. Delmont investigates the decisions that led Alex Haley, Doubleday, and ABC to invest in the story of Kunta Kinte, uncovering how Haley’s original, modest book proposal developed into an unprecedented cultural phenomenon.
Advance Praise
"In Making Roots, Matthew Delmont gives us a terrific and highly
readable account of the making of Alex Haley’s book-cum-TV miniseries,
which had a major impact on television and on the ways Americans
imagined slavery and its legacies. This is a hugely welcome study, both
for its detailed look at the history of Roots and its many smart
insights about race, representation, and visual media."— Gayle Wald, author of It's Been Beautiful: Soul! and Black Power Television (Duke University Press 2015).
Available Editions
EDITION | Other Format |
ISBN | 9780520291324 |
PRICE | $26.95 (USD) |