Passing and Posing between Black and White : : Calibrating the Color Line in U.S. Cinema /

Passing and Posing between Black and White : : Calibrating the Color Line in U.S. Cinema / / Lisa Gotto.

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 fac...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus PP Package 2021 Part 2
VerfasserIn:
Gotto, Lisa,
MitwirkendeR:
Engell, Lorenz,
Place / Publishing House:Bielefeld : : transcript Verlag, , [2021]
©2021
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:Film
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Physical Description:1 online resource (250 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • 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
  • List of Figures

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