Playing the Race Card : Melodramas of Black and White from Uncle Tom to O.J. Simpson /

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Linda, Williams (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Woodstock : Princeton University Press, 2002.
Subjects:
African Americans in popular culture.
Racism in popular culture > United States.
Melodrama, American > Social aspects.
Mass media and race relations > United States.
African Americans in mass media.
African American men > Race identity.
Women, White > Race identity > United States.
Popular culture > United States > Psychological aspects.
Mass media and race relations.
Popular culture > Psychological aspects.
Race relations > Psychological aspects.
Racism in popular culture.
United States > Race relations > Psychological aspects.
United States.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The American Melodramatic Mode
  • "A Wonderful, 'Leaping' Fish": Varieties of Uncle Tom
  • Anti-Tom and The Birth of a Nation
  • Posing as Black, Passing as White: The Melos of Black and White Melodrama in the Jazz Age
  • Rewriting the Plantation Legend: Scarlett "Totes a Weary Load"
  • Home Sweet Africa: Alex Haley's and TV's Roots
  • Trials of Black and White: California v. Powell and The People v. Orenthal James Simpson.

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