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Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies and Bucks: An Interpretive History of Blacks in American Films - Hardcover
This study of black images in American motion pictures, is re-issued for its 30th anniverary in its 4th edition. It includes the entire 20th century through black images in film, from the silent era to the unequalled rise of the new African American cinema and stars of today. From "The Birth of a Nation", "Gone with the Wind", and "Carmen Jones" to "Shaft", "Do the Right Thing", "Waiting to Exhale", "The Hurricane", and "Bamboozled", Donald Bogle reveals the way the image of blacks in American cinema has changed - and also the shocking way in which it has often remained the same.
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"A well-researched and lively romp through the history of blacks in films. Far more inclusive and informative than previous books on the subject." "A well-researched and lively romp through the history of blacks in films. Far more inclusive and informative than previous books on the subject."
About the Author:
Donald Bogle is one of the foremost authorities on African Americans in film and the arts. He is the author of the classic "Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies, and Bucks: An Interpretive History of Blacks in American Films, " which is published by Continuum. His best-selling "Bright Boulevards, Bold Dreams: The Story of Black ""Hollywood" received the Hurston/Wright Finalist Legacy Award in Non-fiction. His other books include the critically acclaimed "Dorothy Dandridge: A Biography; Blacks in American Films and Television: An Illustrated Encyclopedia;" and "Primetime Blues: African Americans on Network Television." He has appeared on such television programs as "Entertainment Tonight; Today; Good Morning, America;" and "Nightline;" and has served as a commentator on such documentaries as Spike Lee's "Jim Brown: All-American, "American Movie Classics' "Small Steps . . . Big Strides, " and TV Land's three-part series on African Americans on television. He also co-hosted Turner Classic Movies' award-winning series "Race and ""Hollywood"." "The first edition of the present book, "Brown Sugar, " covered eighty years of America's black female superstars, and was turned into the highly successful four-part PBS documentary series by Mr. Bogle.
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- PublisherContinuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0826415180
- ISBN 13 9780826415189
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number4
- Number of pages480
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