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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford University Press,
1977.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (399 pages) |
ISBN: | 9780199727872 0199727872 |