Representing Blackness

Issues in Film and Video

By:

Valerie Smith

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Rutgers Depth of Field Series

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The essays in this collection provide a variety of perspectives on black representation and questions of racial authenticity in mainstream as well as African-American independent cinema. The volume includes essays on racial stereotypes, trenchant critiques of that discourse, original essays on directors such as Haile Gerima and Charles Burnett, and a discussion of black, gay and lesbian film and video. The contributors include: Donald Bogle; Thomas Cripps; Jane Gaines; Nathan Grant; Stuart Hall; Tommy L. Lott; Wahneema Lubiano; Mike Murashige; Valerie Smith; James Snead; and David Van Leer.

Author Biography:

VALERIE SMITH is a professor in the English department at UCLA, where she also teaches film. She is the author of Self Discovery and Authority in Afro-American Narrative and editor of New Essays on Toni Morrison's "Song of Solomon".

Release date Australia

April 1st, 1997

Author

Valerie Smith

Series

Rutgers Depth of Field Series

Pages

256

Audiences

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational
Undergraduate

Dimensions

152x229x15

ISBN-13

9780813523149

Product ID

27155918

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