Black Magic : White Hollywood and African American Culture /

Krin Gabbard explores the often hidden & unacknowledged contribution of African American culture to Hollywood movies. Although relying heavily on African American music, language & street culture, the old racial hierarchies often seem preserved.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gabbard, Krin
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 2004.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Rassische Identität.
Kultur.
Film.
Schwarze.
Motion pictures and music.
Motion pictures.
Motion picture music.
Jazz in motion pictures.
Culture in motion pictures.
African Americans in motion pictures.
Motion picture music > History and criticism.
Motion pictures > United States.
USA.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Black magic, disembodied. Marlon Brando's jazz acting and the obsolescence of blackface ; Borrowing Black masculinity: Dirty Harry finds his gentle side ; Passing tones: The talented Mr. Ripley and Pleasantville
  • Serving the white audience. The racial displacements of Ransom and Fargo ; Black angels in America : millennial solutions to the "race problem"
  • Unrepresentable subjects. Evidence : Thelonious Monk's challenge to jazz history ; Revenge of the Nerds : representing the White male collector of Black music
  • Black magic, inverted. Robert Altman's jazz history lesson ; Spike Lee meets Aaron Copland.

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