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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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Stewart, Jacqueline Najuma, 1970-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2005.
Series:George Gund Foundation imprint in African American studies.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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.
Item Description:Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Chicago, 1999.
"The George Gund Foundation imprint in African American studies"--Page ii
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxiii, 343 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-325) and index.
ISBN:9780520936409
052093640X
1597347507
9781597347501
9780520233508
0520233506
9780520233492
0520233492