A Piece of the Action : : Race and Labor in Post-Civil Rights Hollywood / / Eithne Quinn.

Hollywood is often thought of-and certainly by Hollywood itself-as a progressive haven. However, in the decade after the passage of the Civil Rights Act, the film industry grew deeply conservative when it came to conflicts over racial justice. Amid black self-assertion and white backlash, many of th...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019
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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2019]
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Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource :; 18 b&w photographs
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • 1. "The Screen Speaks for Itself ": Institutional Discrimination and the Dawning of Hollywood Postracialism
  • 2. Racializing the Hollywood Renaissance: Black and White Symbol Creators in a Time of Crisis
  • 3. Challenging Jim Crow Crews: Federal Activism and Industry Reaction
  • 4. "Getting the Man's Foot out of Our Collective Asses": Black Left Film Producers and the Rise of the Hustler Creative
  • 5. Color- Blind Corporatism: The Black Film Wave and White Revival
  • Conclusion: Race, Creative Labor, and Reflexivity in Post- Civil Rights Hollywood
  • Notes
  • INDEX