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Migrating to the movies [[electronic resource] ] : cinema and Black urban modernity / / Jacqueline Najuma Stewart
| Migrating to the movies [[electronic resource] ] : cinema and Black urban modernity / / Jacqueline Najuma Stewart |
| Autore | Stewart Jacqueline Najuma <1970-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (369 p.) |
| Disciplina | 791.43/652996073 |
| Collana | The George Gund Foundation imprint in African American studies |
| Soggetto topico |
African Americans in the motion picture industry
African Americans in motion pictures Motion picture audiences - United States African Americans - Migrations - History - 20th century |
| Soggetto non controllato |
african american actors
african american directors african americans america american entertainment american history black americans black audiences black film culture black urban life black urban modernity chicago cinema and culture cinema cinematic representations early films film history illustrated influence of cinema migration modern history movie theaters nonfiction northern migration oscar micheaux race films silent movie era urban populations urban setting |
| ISBN |
1-59734-750-7
1-282-76265-6 9786612762659 0-520-93640-X 1-4175-8514-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: A Nigger in the Woodpile, or Black (In)Visibility in Film History -- 1. "To Misrepresent a Helpless Race": The Black Image Problem -- 2. Mixed Colors: Riddles of Blackness in Preclassical Cinema -- 3. "Negroes Laughing at Themselves"? Black Spectatorship and the Performance of Urban Modernity -- 4. "Some Thing to See Up Here All the Time": Moviegoing and Black Urban Leisure in Chicago -- 5. Along the "Stroll": Chicago's Black Belt Movie Theaters -- 6. Reckless Rovers versus Ambitious Negroes: Migration, Patriotism, and the Politics of Genre in Early African American Filmmaking -- 7. "We Were Never Immigrants": Oscar Micheaux and the Reconstruction of Black American Identity -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910822546603321 |
Stewart Jacqueline Najuma <1970->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2005 | ||
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Movies in the age of Obama : the era of post racial and neo-racist cinema / / edited by David Garrett Izzo
| Movies in the age of Obama : the era of post racial and neo-racist cinema / / edited by David Garrett Izzo |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland ; ; London, England : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (315 p.) |
| Disciplina | 791.43/6552 |
| Soggetto topico |
African Americans in motion pictures
Motion pictures - United States - History - 21st century Race in motion pictures Racism in motion pictures |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-4422-4130-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Introduction; Part I: Resonance from the Past: Experience Is Learned Backward But Must Be Lived Forward; 1 "I Really Need a Maid!" White Womanhood in The Help; 2 Gwendolyn Brooks's Bronzeville and Tate Taylor's Jackson: "Art hurts. Art urges voyages-and it is easier to stay at home."; 3 If Django and Lincoln Could Talk: James Baldwin Goes to the Movies; 4 The Exceptional N*gger: Redefining African American Identity in Django Unchained; 5 Blaxploitation in the Age of Obama: Black Dynamite, Django Unchained, Racial Reasoning, and Racial Capitalism
6 Between The Butler and Black Dynamite: Servility, Militancy, and the Meaning of Blaxploitation7 Rednecks, Racism, and Religion: King and Darabont's Precarious Prophecy of Obama's Coming; Part II: The Present Is an Eternal Now Connecting Past and Future; 8 "I Am Trayvon Martin": Obama and the Black Male in Cinema; 9 Invictus: South Africa as a Post-racial Fantasy in the Age of Obama; 10 "Mama, I Think I Broke Something": Thinking about the Environment in Benh Zeitlin's Beasts of the Southern Wild 11 It's Not a Wonderful Life: The Financial Crisis on Film and the Limits of Hollywood Liberalism12 Reimagining Barack Obama as Jay Gatsby in Baz Luhrmann's Film Adaptation of The Great Gatsby; Part III: The Present Imagines the Future; 13 The Hunger Games, Race, and Social Class in Obama's America; 14 Rise of the Planet of the People: Contradictions and Revolution in Rise of the Planet of the Apes; Part IV: 2013 Academy Award for Best Picture: 12 Years a Slave; 15 "Under the Floorboards of This Nation": Trauma, Representation, and the Stain of History in 12 Years a Slave 16 162 Years after 12 Years a Slave: A Viewing through Double-Consciousness17 Revoking the Privilege of Forgetting: White Supremacy Interrogated in 12 Years a Slave; 18 No, You Can't: Passive Protagonists in The Blind Side, Django Unchained, and 12 Years a Slave; Index; About the Editor and Contributors |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458407303321 |
| Lanham, Maryland ; ; London, England : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Movies in the age of Obama : the era of post racial and neo-racist cinema / / edited by David Garrett Izzo
| Movies in the age of Obama : the era of post racial and neo-racist cinema / / edited by David Garrett Izzo |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland ; ; London, England : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (315 p.) |
| Disciplina | 791.43/6552 |
| Soggetto topico |
African Americans in motion pictures
Motion pictures - United States - History - 21st century Race in motion pictures Racism in motion pictures |
| ISBN | 1-4422-4130-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Introduction; Part I: Resonance from the Past: Experience Is Learned Backward But Must Be Lived Forward; 1 "I Really Need a Maid!" White Womanhood in The Help; 2 Gwendolyn Brooks's Bronzeville and Tate Taylor's Jackson: "Art hurts. Art urges voyages-and it is easier to stay at home."; 3 If Django and Lincoln Could Talk: James Baldwin Goes to the Movies; 4 The Exceptional N*gger: Redefining African American Identity in Django Unchained; 5 Blaxploitation in the Age of Obama: Black Dynamite, Django Unchained, Racial Reasoning, and Racial Capitalism
6 Between The Butler and Black Dynamite: Servility, Militancy, and the Meaning of Blaxploitation7 Rednecks, Racism, and Religion: King and Darabont's Precarious Prophecy of Obama's Coming; Part II: The Present Is an Eternal Now Connecting Past and Future; 8 "I Am Trayvon Martin": Obama and the Black Male in Cinema; 9 Invictus: South Africa as a Post-racial Fantasy in the Age of Obama; 10 "Mama, I Think I Broke Something": Thinking about the Environment in Benh Zeitlin's Beasts of the Southern Wild 11 It's Not a Wonderful Life: The Financial Crisis on Film and the Limits of Hollywood Liberalism12 Reimagining Barack Obama as Jay Gatsby in Baz Luhrmann's Film Adaptation of The Great Gatsby; Part III: The Present Imagines the Future; 13 The Hunger Games, Race, and Social Class in Obama's America; 14 Rise of the Planet of the People: Contradictions and Revolution in Rise of the Planet of the Apes; Part IV: 2013 Academy Award for Best Picture: 12 Years a Slave; 15 "Under the Floorboards of This Nation": Trauma, Representation, and the Stain of History in 12 Years a Slave 16 162 Years after 12 Years a Slave: A Viewing through Double-Consciousness17 Revoking the Privilege of Forgetting: White Supremacy Interrogated in 12 Years a Slave; 18 No, You Can't: Passive Protagonists in The Blind Side, Django Unchained, and 12 Years a Slave; Index; About the Editor and Contributors |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791298403321 |
| Lanham, Maryland ; ; London, England : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Movies in the age of Obama : the era of post racial and neo-racist cinema / / edited by David Garrett Izzo
| Movies in the age of Obama : the era of post racial and neo-racist cinema / / edited by David Garrett Izzo |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Maryland ; ; London, England : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (315 p.) |
| Disciplina | 791.43/6552 |
| Soggetto topico |
African Americans in motion pictures
Motion pictures - United States - History - 21st century Race in motion pictures Racism in motion pictures |
| ISBN | 1-4422-4130-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Introduction; Part I: Resonance from the Past: Experience Is Learned Backward But Must Be Lived Forward; 1 "I Really Need a Maid!" White Womanhood in The Help; 2 Gwendolyn Brooks's Bronzeville and Tate Taylor's Jackson: "Art hurts. Art urges voyages-and it is easier to stay at home."; 3 If Django and Lincoln Could Talk: James Baldwin Goes to the Movies; 4 The Exceptional N*gger: Redefining African American Identity in Django Unchained; 5 Blaxploitation in the Age of Obama: Black Dynamite, Django Unchained, Racial Reasoning, and Racial Capitalism
6 Between The Butler and Black Dynamite: Servility, Militancy, and the Meaning of Blaxploitation7 Rednecks, Racism, and Religion: King and Darabont's Precarious Prophecy of Obama's Coming; Part II: The Present Is an Eternal Now Connecting Past and Future; 8 "I Am Trayvon Martin": Obama and the Black Male in Cinema; 9 Invictus: South Africa as a Post-racial Fantasy in the Age of Obama; 10 "Mama, I Think I Broke Something": Thinking about the Environment in Benh Zeitlin's Beasts of the Southern Wild 11 It's Not a Wonderful Life: The Financial Crisis on Film and the Limits of Hollywood Liberalism12 Reimagining Barack Obama as Jay Gatsby in Baz Luhrmann's Film Adaptation of The Great Gatsby; Part III: The Present Imagines the Future; 13 The Hunger Games, Race, and Social Class in Obama's America; 14 Rise of the Planet of the People: Contradictions and Revolution in Rise of the Planet of the Apes; Part IV: 2013 Academy Award for Best Picture: 12 Years a Slave; 15 "Under the Floorboards of This Nation": Trauma, Representation, and the Stain of History in 12 Years a Slave 16 162 Years after 12 Years a Slave: A Viewing through Double-Consciousness17 Revoking the Privilege of Forgetting: White Supremacy Interrogated in 12 Years a Slave; 18 No, You Can't: Passive Protagonists in The Blind Side, Django Unchained, and 12 Years a Slave; Index; About the Editor and Contributors |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910817449203321 |
| Lanham, Maryland ; ; London, England : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Our gang : a racial history of the little rascals / / Julia Lee ; foreword by Henry Louis Gates Jr
| Our gang : a racial history of the little rascals / / Julia Lee ; foreword by Henry Louis Gates Jr |
| Autore | Lee Julia Sun-Joo <1976-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Minneapolis, Minnesota ; ; London, England : , : University of Minnesota Press, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (385 p.) |
| Disciplina | 791.43/75 |
| Soggetto topico |
African Americans in the motion picture industry - History - 20th century
African Americans in motion pictures Racism in motion pictures Race relations in motion pictures Stereotypes (Social psychology) in motion pictures |
| ISBN | 1-4529-4977-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover; Contents; Foreword; INTRODUCTION: All of Us; 1. The Eternal Boy; 2. A Boy and His Gang; 3. 100 Percent American; 4. Sambo's Awakening; 5. Everyman; 6. The New Negro; 7. Movie- Made Children; 8. The Good Soldier; 9. The Little Rascals; 10. The Good Old Days; EPILOGUE: Coming Home; Acknowledgments; Film Appendix; Notes; Bibliographic Essay; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797997303321 |
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Lee Julia Sun-Joo <1976->
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| Minneapolis, Minnesota ; ; London, England : , : University of Minnesota Press, , 2015 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Our gang : a racial history of the little rascals / / Julia Lee ; foreword by Henry Louis Gates Jr
| Our gang : a racial history of the little rascals / / Julia Lee ; foreword by Henry Louis Gates Jr |
| Autore | Lee Julia Sun-Joo <1976-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Minneapolis, Minnesota ; ; London, England : , : University of Minnesota Press, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (385 p.) |
| Disciplina | 791.43/75 |
| Soggetto topico |
African Americans in the motion picture industry - History - 20th century
African Americans in motion pictures Racism in motion pictures Race relations in motion pictures Stereotypes (Social psychology) in motion pictures |
| ISBN | 1-4529-4977-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover; Contents; Foreword; INTRODUCTION: All of Us; 1. The Eternal Boy; 2. A Boy and His Gang; 3. 100 Percent American; 4. Sambo's Awakening; 5. Everyman; 6. The New Negro; 7. Movie- Made Children; 8. The Good Soldier; 9. The Little Rascals; 10. The Good Old Days; EPILOGUE: Coming Home; Acknowledgments; Film Appendix; Notes; Bibliographic Essay; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910808242203321 |
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Lee Julia Sun-Joo <1976->
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| Minneapolis, Minnesota ; ; London, England : , : University of Minnesota Press, , 2015 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Pleading the blood : Bill Gunn's Ganja & Hess / / Christopher Sieving
| Pleading the blood : Bill Gunn's Ganja & Hess / / Christopher Sieving |
| Autore | Sieving Christopher |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bloomington : , : Indiana University Press, , [2022] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 287 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color) |
| Disciplina | 791.4372 |
| Collana | Studies in the cinema of the Black diaspora |
| Soggetto topico |
Vampire films - History and criticism
African Americans in motion pictures African Americans in the motion picture industry Motion pictures - United States - History - 20th century |
| ISBN | 0-253-05918-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Ganja & Hess : credits -- Awakening : Kelly-Jordan enterprises and the black movie boom -- Vision : Bill Gunn and the black man apart -- Creation : the making of Ganja & Hess -- Judgment : the reception and revival of Ganja & Hess -- Resurrection : Ganja & Hess's life after death -- Ganja & Hess after Gunn, Gunn after Ganja & Hess. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910795122403321 |
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Sieving Christopher
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| Bloomington : , : Indiana University Press, , [2022] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Pleading the blood : Bill Gunn's Ganja & Hess / / Christopher Sieving
| Pleading the blood : Bill Gunn's Ganja & Hess / / Christopher Sieving |
| Autore | Sieving Christopher |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bloomington : , : Indiana University Press, , [2022] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (x, 287 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color) |
| Disciplina | 791.4372 |
| Collana | Studies in the cinema of the Black diaspora |
| Soggetto topico |
Vampire films - History and criticism
African Americans in motion pictures African Americans in the motion picture industry Motion pictures - United States - History - 20th century |
| ISBN | 0-253-05918-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Ganja & Hess : credits -- Awakening : Kelly-Jordan enterprises and the black movie boom -- Vision : Bill Gunn and the black man apart -- Creation : the making of Ganja & Hess -- Judgment : the reception and revival of Ganja & Hess -- Resurrection : Ganja & Hess's life after death -- Ganja & Hess after Gunn, Gunn after Ganja & Hess. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910811082603321 |
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Sieving Christopher
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| Bloomington : , : Indiana University Press, , [2022] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The politics and poetics of black film : Nothing but a man / / edited by David C. Wall and Michael T. Martin
| The politics and poetics of black film : Nothing but a man / / edited by David C. Wall and Michael T. Martin |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bloomington, Indiana ; ; Indianapolis, [Indiana] : , : Indiana University Press, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
| Disciplina | 791.43/72 |
| Collana | Studies in the Cinema of the Black Diaspora |
| Soggetto topico |
Race relations in motion pictures
African Americans in motion pictures |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-253-01850-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction: Nothing but a man and the question of black film / David C. Wall and Michael T. Martin -- Filmmakers' statements / Michael Roemer, Robert Young -- Essays. Demanding dignity: Nothing but a man / Bruce Dick and Mark Vogel -- Nothing but a man / Thomas Cripps -- The derailed romance in Nothing but a man / Karen Bowdre -- Can't stay, can't go: what is history to a cinematic imagination? / Terri Francis -- Rights, labor, and sexual politics on screen in Nothing but a man / Judith E. Smith -- Interviews. Historicity and possibility in Nothing but a man: a conversation with Khalil Muhammad / Michael T. Martin and David C. Wall -- Cinematic principles and practice at work in Nothing but a man: a conversation with Robert Young / Michael T. Martin and David C. Wall. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461170803321 |
| Bloomington, Indiana ; ; Indianapolis, [Indiana] : , : Indiana University Press, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The politics and poetics of black film : Nothing but a man / / edited by David C. Wall and Michael T. Martin
| The politics and poetics of black film : Nothing but a man / / edited by David C. Wall and Michael T. Martin |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bloomington, Indiana ; ; Indianapolis, [Indiana] : , : Indiana University Press, , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
| Disciplina | 791.43/72 |
| Collana | Studies in the Cinema of the Black Diaspora |
| Soggetto topico |
Race relations in motion pictures
African Americans in motion pictures |
| ISBN | 0-253-01850-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction: Nothing but a man and the question of black film / David C. Wall and Michael T. Martin -- Filmmakers' statements / Michael Roemer, Robert Young -- Essays. Demanding dignity: Nothing but a man / Bruce Dick and Mark Vogel -- Nothing but a man / Thomas Cripps -- The derailed romance in Nothing but a man / Karen Bowdre -- Can't stay, can't go: what is history to a cinematic imagination? / Terri Francis -- Rights, labor, and sexual politics on screen in Nothing but a man / Judith E. Smith -- Interviews. Historicity and possibility in Nothing but a man: a conversation with Khalil Muhammad / Michael T. Martin and David C. Wall -- Cinematic principles and practice at work in Nothing but a man: a conversation with Robert Young / Michael T. Martin and David C. Wall. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910797520903321 |
| Bloomington, Indiana ; ; Indianapolis, [Indiana] : , : Indiana University Press, , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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