- Description
- 1 online resource (xviii, 270 p.) : ill.
- Series Statement
- Culture America
- Uniform Title
- Black manhood on the silent screen (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Black manhood on the silent screen (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-258) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Racialized Masculinity and the Politics of Difference -- 2. The Preformed Image: Watermelon, Razors, and Chicken Thievery, 1896-1915 -- 3. Black Cinematic Ruptures and Ole Uncle Tom -- 4. African-American Cinema and The Birth of a Nation -- 5. The Defense of Black Manhood on the Screen -- 6. Oscar Micheaux: From Homestead to Lynch Mob -- 7. Within Our Gates -- 8. Blackface, White Independent All-Black Productions, and the Coming of Sound: The Late Silent Era, 1915-1931 -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Two Silent African-American Film Synopses -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
- LCCN
- 2002001205
- OCLC
- ssj0002869414
- Author
Butters, Gerald R., 1961-
- Title
Black manhood on the silent screen [electronic resource] / Gerald R. Butters, Jr.
- Imprint
Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, c2002.
- Series
Culture America
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-258) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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