From its inception, television has been invested in the "American Dream," deploying this "dream" in its marketing rhetoric, its programming logics, and its address to audiences. The American Dream has also been a powerful rallying call for mobilizing—as well as disavowing—racial struggle. What is the status of "the dream" today at a moment that has been proclaimed as both "post-televisual" and "post-racial"? This 1-day symposium investigates the fantasy of the American Dream as it intersects with dynamics of racial representation, ideology, and affect in the midst of changing understandings of television texts, audiences, and industries.

Presentations from: 

• Matthew Delmont, Associate Professor of History, Arizona State University
• Ann duCille, Visiting Professor of Gender Studies, Brown University and Emerita Professor of English, Wesleyan University
• Bambi Haggins, Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies, Arizona State University
• Darnell Hunt, Department Chair and Professor of Sociology, Director of Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies, UCLA
• Roopali Mukherjee, Associate Professor of Media Studies, Queens College, CUNY
• Pier Dominguez, Doctoral Candidate, American Studies, Brown University
• Lynne Joyrich, Professor of Modern Culture and Media, Brown University
• Majida Kargbo, Doctoral Candidate, American Studies, Brown University
• Brandy Monk-Payton, Doctoral Candidate, Modern Culture and Media, Brown University

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A CSREA Faculty Grant Event. Cosponsored by The Malcom S. Forbes Center for Culture and Media, Department of Modern Culture and Media, American Studies, Pembroke Center for Teaching and Research on Women, Africana Studies, Department of English, Theater and Performance Studies, Cogut Center for the Humanities, and the Office of the Dean of the College.