Passing and posing between black and white : calibrating the color line in U.S. cinema

Passing and posing between black and white calibrating the color line in U.S. cinema

Since its inception, U.S. American cinema has grappled with the articulation of racial boundaries. This applies, in the first instance, to featuring mixed-race characters crossing the color line. In a broader sense, however, this also concerns viewing conditions and knowledge configurations. The fac...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Gotto, Lisa, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bielefeld : transcript Verlag [2021]
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Film
Materias:
Race in motion pictures > History.
Motion pictures > United States > 20th century > History.
America.
Cinema.
Cultural History.
Culture.
Ethnicity.
Hollywood.
Media Studies.
Media.
Race.
Racism.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009800227506719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter 1 Contents 5 Acknowledgements 7 Foreword 9 Introduction 15 The Birth of a Nation (David Wark Griffith, USA 1915) 27 The Symbol of the Unconquered (Oscar Micheaux, USA 1920) 47 Imitation of Life (Douglas Sirk, USA 1959) 79 Shadows (John Cassavetes, USA 1959) 123 Bamboozled (Spike Lee, USA 2000) 167 The Human Stain (Robert Benton, USA 2003) 195 Conclusion 223 Bibliography 235 Filmography 245 List of Figures 247

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