American racist : the life and films of Thomas Dixon /

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"Thomas Dixon has a notorious reputation as the writer of the source material for D.W. Griffith's groundbreaking and controversial 1915 feature film The Birth of a Nation . Perhaps unfairly, Dixon has been branded an arch-conservative and a racist obsessed with what he viewed as "the...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Slide, Anthony
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lexington : University Press of Kentucky, ©2004.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Dixon, Thomas, > Jr., > 1864-1946.
Dixon, Thomas, > Jr., > 1864-1946 > Film adaptations.
Dixon, Thomas, > Jr., > 1864-1946 > Political and social views.
Dixon, Thomas, > Jr., > 1864-1946
1900 - 1999
Motion pictures > United States > History > 20th century.
Authors, American > 20th century > Biography.
Film adaptations > History and criticism.
African Americans in motion pictures.
African Americans in literature.
Racism in motion pictures.
Racism against Black people > United States.
Racism in literature.
Cinéma > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Écrivains américains > 20e siècle > Biographies.
Adaptations cinématographiques > Histoire et critique.
Noirs américains au cinéma.
Noirs américains dans la littérature.
Racisme au cinéma.
Racisme > États-Unis.
Racisme dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Entertainment & Performing Arts.
Authors, American.
Film adaptations.
Motion pictures.
Political and social views.
Racism.
United States.
Biographies.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"Thomas Dixon has a notorious reputation as the writer of the source material for D.W. Griffith's groundbreaking and controversial 1915 feature film The Birth of a Nation . Perhaps unfairly, Dixon has been branded an arch-conservative and a racist obsessed with what he viewed as "the Negro problem." As American Racist makes clear, however, Dixon was a complex, multitalented individual who, as well as writing some of the most popular novels of the early twentieth century, was involved in the production of some eighteen films. Dixon used the motion picture as a propaganda tool for his often outrageous views.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 242 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Filmography: pages 209-212.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-232) and index.
ISBN:0813171911
9780813171913
9780813138244
0813138248
Access:Single user license access.

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