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Black Manhood on the Silent Screen (Culture America (Hardcover))
Gerald R. Butters Jr.
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Description for Black Manhood on the Silent Screen (Culture America (Hardcover))
Hardcover. A study of the African-American cinematic vision in silent film, concentrating on African American-produced and -directed films and white independent productions of all-black features. Gerald R. Butters uses these "race movies" to separate cinematic myth from historical reality. Series: CultureAmerica. Num Pages: 296 pages, 12 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; APF; HBT; JFC; JFSJ2; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 562.
In early-20th-century motion picture houses, offensive stereotypes of African Americans were as predictable as they were prevalent. However, few people realize that from 1915 to 1929 a number of African-American film directors worked diligently to counter such racist definitions of black manhood found in films like D.W. Griffith's ""The Birth of a Nation"", the 1915 epic that glorified the Ku Klux Klan. This comprehensive study of the African American cinematic vision in silent film concentrates on works largely ignored by most contemporary film scholars: African American produced and directed films and white independent productions of all-black features. Using these ""race ... Read more
In early-20th-century motion picture houses, offensive stereotypes of African Americans were as predictable as they were prevalent. However, few people realize that from 1915 to 1929 a number of African-American film directors worked diligently to counter such racist definitions of black manhood found in films like D.W. Griffith's ""The Birth of a Nation"", the 1915 epic that glorified the Ku Klux Klan. This comprehensive study of the African American cinematic vision in silent film concentrates on works largely ignored by most contemporary film scholars: African American produced and directed films and white independent productions of all-black features. Using these ""race ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
Series
CultureAmerica
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700611973
SKU
V9780700611973
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About Gerald R. Butters Jr.
Gerald R. Butters, Jr., is assistant professor of history at Aurora University whose articles have appeared in Literature/Film Quarterly and the Journal of Multimedia History.
Reviews for Black Manhood on the Silent Screen (Culture America (Hardcover))
A defining work that fills in significant gaps in our knowledge of early African American cinema and its critical discourse. Ed Guerrero, Author Of Framing Blackness: The African American Image In Film; ""Butters's analysis of a large body of important films that are rarely discussed is a significant contribution to the field of film studies."" J. Ronald Green, Author Of ... Read more