Cinema Civil Rights : : Regulation, Repression, and Race in the Classical Hollywood Era / / Ellen C. Scott.
From Al Jolson in blackface to Song of the South, there is a long history of racism in Hollywood film. Yet as early as the 1930s, movie studios carefully vetted their releases, removing racially offensive language like the "N-word." This censorship did not stem from purely humanitarian con...
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| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (268 p.) :; 30 photographs |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Regulating Race, Structuring Absence: Industry Self-Censorship And African American Representability
- 2. State Censorship And The Color Line
- 3. Racial Trauma, Civil Rights, And The Brutal Imagination Of Darryl F. Zanuck
- 4. Shadowboxing: Black Interpretive Activism In The Classical Hollywood Era
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Index
- About The Author