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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452426203321

Autore

Fisher Celeste A

Titolo

Black on Black [[electronic resource] ] : urban youth films and the multicultural audience / / Celeste A. Fisher

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md., : Scarecrow Press, 2006

ISBN

1-299-39649-6

1-4616-5688-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (152 p.)

Disciplina

791.43/652996073

Soggetti

African Americans in motion pictures

Youth in motion pictures

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 111-116) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: Readers and Response; Chapter 2: ""America's Worst Nightmare"": Reading Menace II Society; Chapter 3: ""Money, Power, Respect"": Reading Juice; Chapter 4: ""Increase the Peace"": Reading Boyz n the Hood; Chapter 5: Negotiated Meanings; Chapter 6: Epilogue; Appendix A: Course Films; Appendix B: Additional Films; Appendix C: Background Questionnaire; Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

Images of violent black masculinity are not new in American culture, but in the late 1980s and early '90s, the social and economic climate in the country contributed to an unprecedented number of films about ghetto life. And while Hollywood reaped financial gains from these depictions, the rest of the country saw an ever widening 'opportunity gap' between marginalized groups and mainstream society, as well as an increase in juvenile violence. These events added to the existing discomfort of the viewing public with representations of young black males living in urban ghettos.