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Slow Fade to Black : Negro in American Film, 1900-42.

Set against the backdrop of the black struggle in society, Slow Fade to Black is the definitive history of African-American accomplishment in film--both before and behind the camera--from the earliest movies through World War II. As he records the changing attitudes toward African-Americans both in...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cripps, Thomas
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cary : Oxford University Press, 1977.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Set against the backdrop of the black struggle in society, Slow Fade to Black is the definitive history of African-American accomplishment in film--both before and behind the camera--from the earliest movies through World War II. As he records the changing attitudes toward African-Americans both in Hollywood and the nation at large, Cripps explores the growth of discrimination as filmmakers became more and more intrigued with myths of the Old South: the ""lost cause"" aspect of the Civil War, the stately mansions and gracious ladies of the antebellum South, the ""happy"" slaves singing in the.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (399 pages)
ISBN:9780199727872
0199727872