{"product_id":"black-magic-white-hollywood-and-african-american-culture-paperback-softback-9780813533841","title":"Black Magic; White Hollywood and African American Culture (Paperback \/ softback) 9780813533841","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBlack Magic\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eWhite Hollywood and African American Culture\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eKrin Gabbard (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780813533841\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 30 March 2004\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e344 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.513 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eGabbard's book is a joy to read, a really fine, original piece of work. He detects a significant pattern in contemporary American cinema, and with great critical insight and clear explanations, he traces its themes and variations.\u003c\/div\u003e - Michael Jarrett (author of Sound Tracks: A Musical ABC) \u003cdiv\u003eThis is a clearly written, well-argued book . . . both readable and intellectually rigorous. The author's case that white appropriation of African American culture has shifted from obvious and literal forms to the disembodiment of black expressions is astutely demonstrated by his exploration of the intersection of jazz and the narratives of popular commercial films.Ed Guerrero, Cinema Studies, New York University\u003c\/div\u003e - Ed Guerrero (Cinema Studies, New York University) \u003cdiv\u003e\"Gabbard's rcih book reveals that cultural critics have only begun to fathom the sublime and the ridiculous extent of racial appropriations of black culture in white American films. As this book shows, it is both 'magical' and appalling.Linda Williams, author of Playing the Race Card:Melodramas of Black and White from Uncle Tom to O.J. Simpson\u003c\/div\u003e - Linda Williams (author of Playing the Race Card:Melodramas of Black and White from Uncle Tom to O.J. Simpson)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eWhy do so many African American film characters seem to have magical powers? And why do they use them only to help white people? When the actors are white, why is the sound track so commonly performed by African Americans? And why do so many white actors imitate black people when they wish to express strong emotion?\u003cp\u003eAs Krin Gabbard brilliantly reveals in Black Magic, we duly recognize the cultural heritage of African Americans in literature, music, and art, but there is a disturbing pattern in the roles that blacks are asked to play-particularly in the movies. Many recent films, including The Matrix, Fargo, The Green Mile, Ghost, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Pleasantville, The Bridges of Madison County, and Crumb, reveal a fascination with black music and sexuality even as they preserve the old racial hierarchies. Quite often the dependence on African American culture remains hidden-although it is almost perversely pervasive. In the final chapters of Black Magic, Gabbard looks at films by Robert Altman and Spike Lee that attempt to reverse many of these widespread trends.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBlack magic, disembodied. Marlon Brando's jazz acting and the obsolescence of blackface \u003cbr\u003e Borrowing Black masculinity: Dirty Harry finds his gentle side \u003cbr\u003e Passing tones: The talented Mr. Ripley and Pleasantville\u003cbr\u003e Serving the white audience. The racial displacements of Ransom and Fargo \u003cbr\u003e Black angels in America : millennial solutions to the \"\u003cbr\u003erace problem\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Unrepresentable subjects. Evidence : Thelonious Monk's challenge to jazz history \u003cbr\u003e Revenge of the Nerds : representing the White male collector of Black music\u003cbr\u003e Black magic, inverted. Robert Altman's jazz history lesson \u003cbr\u003e Spike Lee meets Aaron Copland\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52559284109592,"sku":"9780813533841","price":24.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/black-magic-white-hollywood-and-african-american-culture-paperback-softback-9780813533841","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}