From SWEETBACK to SUPER FLY : Race and Film Audiences in Chicago's Loop /

Show other versions (1)

Racial politics and capitalism found a way to blend together in 1970s Chicago in the form of movie theaters targeted specifically toward African Americans. In From Sweetback to Super Fly, Gerald Buttersexamines the movie theaters in Chicago's Loop that became, as he describes them, "black...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Butters, Gerald R., 1961- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2015
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
African Americans > Illinois > Chicago.
African Americans in motion pictures.
Motion picture audiences > Illinois > Chicago.
Motion picture theaters > Illinois > Chicago.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • Race, civil rights, and Chicago's Loop, 1945-70
  • Sweetback and the rise of black-themed films, 1970-71
  • Blaxploitation, black-themed films, and film spectatorship, 1971-72
  • Super fly and resistance to Blaxploitation, 1972
  • Karate rape in Harlem, 1973
  • The exorcist and the decline of the Loop as a first-run market, 1973-74
  • The beginning of the end : Loop theaters under attack, 1975
  • Conclusion : demolition and rebirth, 1976-
  • Appendix A. Kuumba : principles for creativity and liberation
  • Appendix B. Seating capacities for downtown movie theaters, 1972.

Similar Items