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 InfoLawrence : University Press of Kansas,
Descriptionxviii, 270 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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SeriesCulture 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 noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 249-258) and index.
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Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2002001205
ISBN0700611975 (alk. paper)