| Edition |
First Edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 200 pages) : illustrations, portraits |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Summary |
Black Male Frames charts the development and shifting popularity of two stereotypes of black masculinity in popular American film: "the shaman" or "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. Williams argues that these two extremes persist today in modern Hollywood, where actors such as Sam Lucas, Paul Robeson, Sidney Poitier, Denzel Washington, and Morgan Freeman, among others, must cope with and work around such limited options. Williams situates these actors' performances of one or the other stereotype within each man's personal history and within the country's historical moment, ultimately to argue that these men are rewarded for their portrayal of the stereotypes most needed to put America's ongoing racial anxieties at ease. Reinvigorating the discussion that began with Donald Bogle's seminal work, Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies, and Bucks, Black Male Frames illuminates the ways in which individuals and the media respond to the changing racial politics in America. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-186) and index. |
| Contents |
Original frames -- New negro -- Renaissance man -- Civil servant -- Soul brother -- Good buddy -- Curtain call. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
African Americans in motion pictures.
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African Americans in motion pictures. |
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Stereotypes (Social psychology) in motion pictures.
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Stereotypes (Social psychology) in motion pictures. |
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Motion pictures -- Social aspects -- United States.
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Motion pictures -- Social aspects. |
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United States. |
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Motion pictures -- United States -- History.
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Motion pictures. |
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History. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Title |
African Americans in a century of Hollywood cinema, 1903-2003 |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Williams, Roland Leander. Black male frames. First edition. Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2015 0815633823 (OCoLC)878299525 |
| ISBN |
9780815652878 electronic book |
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0815652879 electronic book |
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9780815633822 hardback |
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0815633823 hardback |
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