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White Screens, Black Dance - Race and Masculinity in the United States At Midcentury

English · Hardback

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White Screens, Black Dance shows how several types of American masculinity were built through Black dance on mid-twentieth century film and television. It does so by analyzing case studies of major period stars, both Black and white: the Nicholas Brothers, Gene Kelly, Elvis Presley, and Sammy Davis, Jr. In the process, it also reveals the white stars' appropriation of Black culture through dance, which the author terms blackbodying. Both this practice and the midcentury models of masculinity that it describes are ultimately shown to remain with us today--on film, TV, and TikTok.

List of contents










  • Introduction

  • Chapter 1: The Nicholas Brothers: Classy and Dignified

  • Chapter 2: Gene Kelly: Brash and Athletic

  • Chapter 3: Elvis Presley: Virile and Phallic

  • Chapter 4: Sammy Davis, Jr.: Modish and Chameleonic

  • Epilogue: Masculinities Danced on Post-1970 Screens

  • Introduction

  • Chapter 1: The Nicholas Brothers: Classy and Dignified

  • Chapter 2: Gene Kelly: Brash and Athletic

  • Chapter 3: Elvis Presley: Virile and Phallic

  • Chapter 4: Sammy Davis, Jr.: Modish and Chameleonic

  • Epilogue: Masculinities Danced on Post-1970 Screens



About the author










Pamela Krayenbuhl is an Assistant Professor of Film and Media Studies at the University of Washington Tacoma.


Product details

Authors Pamela Krayenbuhl
Publisher Oxford University Press
 
Languages English
Product format Hardback
Released 30.07.2025
 
EAN 9780197699072
ISBN 978-0-19-769907-2
No. of pages 272
Subjects Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries

Dance, PERFORMING ARTS / Dance / General, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, Film Theory & Criticism, Film history, theory or criticism

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