| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 225 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : race matters in Hollywood -- Representation and racial hierarchy -- Labeling Black unbankable -- Directing on the margins -- Making genre ghettos -- Manufacturing racial stigma -- Remaking cinema -- Conclusion : Hollywood's racial politics |
| Summary |
The #OscarsSoWhite campaign, and the content of the leaked Sony emails which revealed, among many other things, that a powerful Hollywood insider didn't believe that Denzel Washington could 'open' a western genre film, provide glaring evidence that the opportunities for people of color in Hollywood are limited. In this work, Maryann Erigha tells the story of inequality, looking at the practices and biases that limit the production and circulation of movies directed by racial minorities. She examines over 1,300 contemporary films, specifically focusing on directors, to show the key elements at work in maintaining 'the Hollywood Jim Crow'. |
| Access |
DRM-free. |
| Subject |
African American motion picture producers and directors.
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African American motion picture producers and directors. |
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African Americans in the motion picture industry.
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African Americans in the motion picture industry. |
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Motion pictures -- Social aspects -- United States -- History.
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Motion pictures -- Social aspects. |
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United States. |
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History. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Erigha, Maryann. Hollywood Jim Crow. New York : New York University Press, 2018 9781479886647 (DLC) 2018020940 (OCoLC)1038039591 |
| ISBN |
9781479816644 (electronic book) |
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1479816647 (electronic book) |
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9781479886647 |
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1479886645 |
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9781479847877 |
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1479847879 |
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