LEADER 04104nam 22006615 450 001 9910255088203321 005 20251030100546.0 010 $a9781137593238 010 $a1137593237 024 7 $a10.1057/978-1-137-59323-8 035 $a(CKB)4100000000587640 035 $a(DE-He213)978-1-137-59323-8 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5024511 035 $a(Perlego)3507455 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000000587640 100 $a20170906d2017 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aBlack Masculinity on Film $eNative Sons and White Lies /$fby Daniel O'Brien 205 $a1st ed. 2017. 210 1$aLondon :$cPalgrave Macmillan UK :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2017. 215 $a1 online resource (IX, 221 p. 20 illus.) 311 08$a9781137593221 311 08$a1137593229 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $aIntroduction -- The Natives Are Still Restless : Black Representation in Whitened Africa from Tarzan to Mandela -- A King Among Bit Players : Noble Johnson and the Art of Racial Ambiguity -- Also Known as Rochester : Eddie Anderson, Black Stardom and World War II -- Tall and Black in the Saddle : How African-American Cowboys Rode Out of the Shadows and into the Sunset -- Due Afro-Americani a Roma : John Kitzmiller, Woody Strode and Remoulding Stereotypes in Italian Popular Cinema -- Bond and Blackness : Challenging Racial Schism in the 007 Universe -- Leaving the Overlook : Black heroism and white nightmare in The Shining -- Saving the World for White Folks? : Will Smith Racialises Science Fiction as Black Man and Man in Black -- Bibliography -- Index of Names -- Index of Titles. 330 $aThis book provides wide-ranging commentary on depictions of the black male in mainstream cinema. O?Brien explores the extent to which counter-representations of black masculinity have been achieved within a predominately white industry, with an emphasis on agency, the negotiation and malleability of racial status, and the inherent instability of imposed racial categories. Focusing on American and European cinema, the chapters  highlight actors (Woody Strode, Noble Johnson, Eddie Anderson, Will Smith), genres (jungle pictures, westerns, science fiction) and franchises (Tarzan, James Bond) underrepresented in previous critical and scholarly commentary in the field. The author argues that although the characters and performances generated in these areas invoke popular genre types, they display complexity, diversity and ambiguity, exhibiting aspects that are positive, progressive and subversive. This book will appeal to both the academic and the general reader interested in film,race, gender and colonial issues. Daniel O'Brien is Lecturer at the University of Southampton. He is a writer and historian in film studies and a film tutor in Medical Humanities. His recent publications include Classical Masculinity and the Spectacular Body on Film: The Mighty Sons of Hercules (Palgrave Macmillan 2014). 606 $aAfrican Americans 606 $aCulture 606 $aMotion pictures, American 606 $aMotion picture plays, European 606 $aRace 606 $aSex 606 $aAfrican American Culture 606 $aAmerican Film and TV 606 $aEuropean Film and TV 606 $aRace and Ethnicity Studies 606 $aGender Studies 615 0$aAfrican Americans. 615 0$aCulture. 615 0$aMotion pictures, American. 615 0$aMotion picture plays, European. 615 0$aRace. 615 0$aSex. 615 14$aAfrican American Culture. 615 24$aAmerican Film and TV. 615 24$aEuropean Film and TV. 615 24$aRace and Ethnicity Studies. 615 24$aGender Studies. 676 $a306.08996073 700 $aO'Brien$b Daniel$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0906118 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910255088203321 996 $aBlack Masculinity on Film$92026640 997 $aUNINA