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

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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Butters, Gerald R., 1961- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2015
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
African Americans > Illinois > Chicago.
African Americans in motion pictures.
Motion picture audiences > Illinois > Chicago.
Motion picture theaters > Illinois > Chicago.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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