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
Table of Contents:
  • The life worth living
  • Southern history on the printed page
  • Southern history on stage
  • Southern history on film
  • The fall of a nation
  • The foolish virgin and the new woman
  • Dixon on socialism
  • The red scare
  • Miscegenation
  • Journeyman filmmaker
  • Nation aflame
  • The final years
  • Raymond Rohauer and Dixon legacy.

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