Black male frames : African Americans in a century of Hollywood cinema, 1903-2003
Bibliographie
- Auteurs : Williams Roland Leander ;
- Editeurs : Syracuse, New York Syracuse University Press ;
- Date d'édition : 2015
- ISBN : 0-8156-3382-3, 978-0-8156-3382-2
- Sujets : Noirs américains dans l'industrie du cinéma, Stéréotype (psychologie), Cinéma, United States
- Comprend : African Americans in a century of Hollywood cinema, 1903-2003
- Langue(s) : Anglais
- Description matérielle : 1 vol. (xvii, 200 p.), : Ill., couv. ill. en coul., 24 cm
- Pays de publication : États-Unis
- Collection (notice d'ensemble) : Television and popular culture
Notes
Bibliogr. p. 177-186. Index
Résumé
La 4e de couverture indique : Charts the development and shifting popularity of two stereotypes of black masculinity in popular American film: 'the shaman' and 'the scoundrel.' Starting with colonial times, Williams identifies the origins of these roles in an America where black men were forced either to defy or to defer to their white masters. These figures recur in the stories America tells about its black men, from the fictional Jim Crow and Zip Coon to historical figures such as Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Du Bois (...)