Dear Jeremy: I did notice that Sasha Torres has a chapter called "Television and race" in Janet Wasko's _A Companion to Television_ (2005), but I'm not sure whether it suits your needs. Here are some possible search strategies for finding other items: For *books*, try these Library of Congress subject headings: Television broadcasting--Social aspects Minorities on television Minorities in mass media For *keyword searching* of books, try combining "Television" or "mass media" in the Subject field with: "Race" or "ethnicity" as a general keyword "Reader" or "Theory"/"Theories" in the Title field I would definitely try the last combination in WorldCat and not just in your university's library catalog since some academic libraries have a policy of not collecting textbooks, which might contain such an overview. For *journal articles*, I would simply try combining keywords such as "race" and "television." They're general enough that they should show up in the article title or abstract. Recommended databases include Ebsco's Film and Television Literature, FIAF, the Social Sciences Citation Index and the Arts & Humanities Citation Index. Feel free to email me directly if you need additional advice. Best regards, James Steffen -- James M. Steffen, PhD Film and Media Studies Librarian Theater and Dance Subject Liaison Marian K. Heilbrun Music and Media Library Emory University 540 Asbury Circle Atlanta, GA 30322-2870 Phone: (404) 727-8107 FAX: (404) 727-2257 Email: [log in to unmask] Web: www.jamesmsteffen.net -----Original Message----- From: Film and TV Studies Discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jeremy Butler Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 6:50 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [SCREEN-L] Up-to-date Overview of the Study of Race/Ethnicity Within TV Studies? I'm currently working on a revision of my TV-studies textbook, *Television: Critical Methods and Applications* (TVCrit.com), and, at the moment, I'm trying to update the chapter that surveys critical methods. I'm having trouble, however, finding a good, up-to-date overview of the study of race/ethnicity within TV studies. There are plenty of overviews and anthologies of race/ethnicity in the more general field of cultural studies. But I've been unable to locate an overview/anthology devoted to race/ethnicity specifically in TV studies. Can anyone give me some guidance? Thanks. -- Jeremy Butler www.TVStyleBook.com www.ScreenLex.org www.ScreenSite.org www.TVCrit.com www.ShotLogger.org www.AllThingsAcoustic.org Professor - TCF Dept. - U Alabama ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu This e-mail message (including any attachments) is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this message (including any attachments) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender by reply e-mail message and destroy all copies of the original message (including attachments). ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu