Black manhood on the silent screen / Gerald R. Butters, Jr.
| Author/creator | Butters, Gerald R., 1961- |
| Other author | American Council of Learned Societies. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, |
| Description | xviii, 270 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from ACLS Humanities E-Book |
| Subjects |
| Series | Culture America |
| Contents | Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Racialized Masculinity and the Politics of Difference -- 2. The Preformed Image: Watermelon, Razors, and Chicken Thievery, 1896-1915 -- 3. Black Cinematic Ruptures and Ole Uncle Tom -- 4. African-American Cinema and The Birth of a Nation -- 5. The Defense of Black Manhood on the Screen -- 6. Oscar Micheaux: From Homestead to Lynch Mob -- 7. Within Our Gates -- 8. Blackface, White Independent All-Black Productions, and the Coming of Sound: The Late Silent Era, 1915-1931 -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Two Silent African-American Film Synopses -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-258) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2002001205 |
| ISBN | 0700611975 (alk. paper) |