Slow fade to black : the Negro in American film, 1900-1942 / / Thomas Cripps

• Autore: Cripps Thomas
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, 1993
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (399 pages) : 99 halftones
• Disciplina: 791.43/028/0922
• Soggetto topico: African Americans in motion pictures; African Americans in the motion picture industry
• Note generali: Cover title: The Negro in American film, 1900-1942.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Contents -- 1. The Unformed Image: The Afro-American in Early American Movies -- 2. The Year of The Birth of a Nation -- 3. Two Early Strides toward a Black Cinema -- 4. Black and White in Hollywood -- 5. The Silent Hollywood Negro -- 6. Uncle Tom Was a "Bad Nigger -- 7. The Black Underground -- 8. Two Cheers for the "Indies -- 9. "Better Than White Voices -- 10. Black Music, White Movies -- 11. The Hollywood Negro Faces the Great Depression -- 12. Meanwhile Far Away from the Movie Colony -- 13. The Politics of Art -- Notes -- Index -- SUBJECT INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- TITLE INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
• Sommario/riassunto: Slow Fade to Black is a history of US African-American accomplishment in film from the earliest movies through World War II. It explores the growth of discrimination as filmmakers became more and more intrigued with myths of the Old South.
• Titolo autorizzato: Slow fade to black
• ISBN: 1-280-43908-4; 0-19-972787-2; 1-60129-568-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910824525303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II