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Migrating to the movies : cinema and Black urban modernity /
The rise of cinema as the predominant American entertainment around the turn of the last century coincided with the migration of hundreds of thousands of African Americans from the South to the urban "land of hope" in the North. This richly illustrated book, discussing many early films and...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
©2005.
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| Colección: | George Gund Foundation imprint in African American studies.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The rise of cinema as the predominant American entertainment around the turn of the last century coincided with the migration of hundreds of thousands of African Americans from the South to the urban "land of hope" in the North. This richly illustrated book, discussing many early films and illuminating black urban life in this period, is the first detailed look at the numerous early relationships between African Americans and cinema. It investigates African American migrations onto the screen, into the audience, and behind the camera, showing that African American urban populations and cinema. |
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| Notas: | Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Chicago, 1999. "The George Gund Foundation imprint in African American studies"--Page ii |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xxiii, 343 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-325) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780520936409 052093640X 1597347507 9781597347501 9780520233508 0520233506 9780520233492 0520233492 |