| Description |
1 online resource (246 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Film studies
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Film (Transcript (Firm))
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword -- Introduction -- I. Conquered -- Unconquered -- The Birth of a Nation (David Wark Griffith, USA 1915) -- The Symbol of the Unconquered (Oscar Micheaux, USA 1920) -- II. Reflections -- Shadows -- Imitation of Life (Douglas Sirk, USA 1959) -- Shadows (John Cassavetes, USA 1959) -- III. Blackface -- Whiteface -- Bamboozled (Spike Lee, USA 2000) -- The Human Stain (Robert Benton, USA 2003) -- Conclusion -- IV. Appendix -- Bibliography -- Filmography |
| Summary |
Since its inception, U.S. American cinema has grappled with the articulation of racial boundaries. This applies, in the first instance, to featuring mixed-race characters crossing the color line. In a broader sense, however, this also concerns viewing conditions and knowledge configurations. The fact that American film engages itself so extensively with the unbalanced relation between black and white is neither coincidental nor trivial to state - it has much more to do with negating boundaries that pertain to the medium itself. Lisa Gotto examines this constellation along the early history of American film, the cinematic modernism of the late 1950s, and the post-classical cinema of the turn of the millennium. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Race in motion pictures.
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Motion pictures -- United States -- History.
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Passing (Identity) in motion pictures.
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Racism in motion pictures.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Media Studies. |
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies |
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Motion pictures. |
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Passing (Identity) in motion pictures. |
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Race in motion pictures. |
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Racism in motion pictures. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Added Title |
Traum und Trauma in Schwarz-Weiss. English
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Gotto, Lisa. Traum und Trauma in schwarz-weiß English. Passing and posing between black and white 9783837653373 (OCoLC)1269197381 |
| ISBN |
9783839453377 (electronic book) |
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3839453372 (electronic book) |
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9783837653373 (paperback) |
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3837653374 |
| Standard No. |
9783837653373 |
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