{"product_id":"framing-blackness-the-african-american-image-in-film-paperback-softback-9781566391269","title":"Framing Blackness; The African American Image in Film (Paperback \/ softback) 9781566391269","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFraming Blackness\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe African American Image in Film\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eEd Guerrero (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781566391269\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 19 November 1993\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e277 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.478 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\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Ed Guerrero writes broadly and insightfully about the creation and domination of the black image in commercial cinema. This book is a must-read for anyone wishing to develop an understanding of black films and filmmaking in the U.S.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003eJulie Dash\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003e\"This well-written and well-argued book offers both an historical survey of representations of blacks in American films and an argument about the relationship between social life and popular culture.... [It] fills an important need within the fields of cinema studies, Afro-American studies, and cultural studies, and will appeal to a broad range of readers.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003eGeorge Lipsitz\u003c\/b\u003e, University of California, San Diego\u003c\/div\u003e\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\n\u003cp\u003e From D.W. Griffith's \u003ci\u003eThe Birth of a Nation\u003c\/i\u003e to Spike Lee's \u003ci\u003eMalcolm X\u003c\/i\u003e, Ed Guerrero argues, the commercial film industry reflects white domination of American society. Written with the energy and conviction generated by the new black film wave, \u003ci\u003eFraming Blackness\u003c\/i\u003e traces an ongoing epic—African Americans protesting screen images of blacks as criminals, servants, comics, athletes, and sidekicks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e These images persist despite blacks' irrepressible demands for emancipated images and a role in the industry. Although starkly racist portrayals of blacks in early films have gradually been replaced by more appealing characterizations, the legacy of the plantation genre lives on in Blaxpoitation films, the fantastic racialized imagery in science fiction and horror films, and the resubordination of blacks in Reagan-era films. Probing the contradictions of such images, Guerrero recalls the controversies surrounding role choices by stars like Sidney Poitier, Eddie Murphy, Whoopie Goldberg, and Richard Pryor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Throughout his study, Guerrero is attentive to the ways African Americans resist Hollywood's one-dimensional images and superficial selling of black culture as the latest fad. Organizing political demonstrations and boycotts, writing, and creating their own film images are among the forms of active resistance documented.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e The final chapter awakens readers to the artistic and commercial breakthrough of black independent filmmakers who are using movies to channel their rage at social injustice. Guerrero points out their diverse approaches to depicting African American life and hails innovative tactics for financing their work. \u003ci\u003eFraming Blackness\u003c\/i\u003e is the most up-to-date critical study of how African Americans are acquiring power once the province of Hollywood alone: the power of framing blackness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In the series \u003ci\u003eCulture and the Moving Image\u003c\/i\u003e, edited by Robert Sklar.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. From \u003ci\u003eBirth\u003c\/i\u003e To Blaxploitation: Hollywood's Inscription of Slavery\u003cbr\u003e 2. Slaves, Monsters, and Others: Racial Fragment, Metaphor, and Allegory on the Commercial Screen\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Rise and Fall of Blaxploitation\u003cbr\u003e 4. Recuperation, Representation, and Resistance: Black Cinema through the 1980s\u003cbr\u003e 5. Black Film in the 1990s: The New Black Movie Boom and Its Portents\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Temple University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52670825726232,"sku":"9781566391269","price":24.37,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/framing-blackness-the-african-american-image-in-film-paperback-softback-9781566391269","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}