Blaxploitation Films of the 1970s - Blackness and Genre

Informationen zum Autor Novotny Lawrence is Assistant Professor in the Department of Radio and Television at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale. Klappentext This book examines a number of blaxploitation films - including Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970), Blacula (1972), and The Mack (1973) - and illustrates the manner in which 'blaxploitation' came to be understood as a separate genre. Zusammenfassung This book examines a number of blaxploitation films – including Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970), Blacula (1972), and The Mack (1973) – and illustrates the manner in which 'blaxploitation' came to be understood as a separate genre. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: The Historic Labeling of Blackness in Cinema 1. "Two Detectives Only a Mother Could Love!": Cotton Comes to Harlem and the Detective Genre 2. "Deadlier than Dracula!": Blacula and the Horror Genre 3. "Now that You've Seen the Rest...Make Way for the Biggest and the Best!": The Mack and the Gangster Genre 4. "6 feet 2" and All of it Dynamite!": Cleopatra Jones and the Cop Action Genre Conclusion: The Demise and Aftermath of the Blaxploitation Movement

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Novotny Lawrence, Novotny (Southern Illinois University-Ca Lawrence, Novotny (Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Lawrence, Lawrence Novotny
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 27.11.2007
• EAN: 9780415960977
• ISBN: 978-0-415-96097-7
• Seiten: 146
• Serien: Studies in African American History and Culture; Studies in African American Hi; Studies in African American History and Culture
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Soziologie > Soziologische Theorien; Ethnic Studies, History, Media Studies, Sociology, HISTORY / General, HISTORY / United States / General, Humanities, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, The Americas, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / General