Representing Blackness

Issues in Film and Video

AvValerie Smith,Valerie Smith

Häftad, Engelska, 1997

Del i serien Rutgers Depth of Field Series

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Beskrivning

The essays in this collection provide a variety of perspectives on black representation and questions of racial authenticity in mainstream as well as African American independent cinema. This volume includes seminal essays on racial stereotypes, trenchant critiques of that discourse, original essays on important directors such as Haile Gerima and Charles Burnett, and an insightful discussion of black gay and lesbian film and video. The contributors include Donald Bogle, Thomas Cripps, Jane Gaines, Nathan Grant, Stuart Hall, Tommy L. Lott, Wahneema Lubiano, Mike Murashige, Valerie Smith, James Snead, and David Van Leer. This volume is an important contribution to the Depth of Field series and should be indispensible for courses and individual scholars in film and multicultural studies. The book contains a mix of original and previously published pieces.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1997-04-01
Mått:152 x 229 x 15 mm
Vikt:340 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Rutgers Depth of Field Series
Antal sidor:256
Förlag:Rutgers University Press
ISBN:9780813523149

Utforska kategorier

Film inom Kultur
Etnicitet inom Samhälle och politik
Kulturvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

VALERIE SMITH is a professor in the English department at UCLA, where she also teaches film. She is the author of Self Discovery and Authority in Afro-American Narrative and editor of New Essays on Toni Morrison's "Song of Solomon".

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction Black Beginnings: From Uncle Tom's Cabin to The Birth of a NationSpectatorship and Capture in King Kong: The Guilty Look"Race Movies" as Voices of the Black Bourgeoisie: The Scar of ShameThe Scare of Shame: Skin Color and Caste in Black Silent MelodramaA No-Theory Theory of Contemporary Black CinemaBut Compared to What?: Reading Realism, Representation, and Essentialism in School Daze, Do the Right Thing, and the Spike Lee DiscourseWhat Is This "Black" in Black Popular Culture?Innocence and Ambiguity in the Films of Charles BurnettVisible Silence: Spectatorship in Black Gay and Lesbian FilmHaile Gerima and the Political Economy of Cinematic ResistanceTelling Family Secrets: Narrative and Ideology in Suzanne SuzanneAnnotated BibliographyContributorsIndex