American Slavery on Film (Hollywood History) 9781440877513, 9781440877520, 1440877513

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American Slavery on Film (Hollywood History)
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This book is a comprehensive and timely source for studying depictions in film of enslaved African Americans and slavery

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Hollywood has a growing fascination with America's past. This is evidenced in the release of a rash of films of thi

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GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748612468); How is the American political landscape represented in cinema?

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First things first: This is a collection of fifteen essays about American films that depicted the historical past and, i

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Peter Wollen's book is based on the premise that there are no fixed ways of writing about film.

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An in-depth look at the portrayal of Asian characters by non-Asian actors in classical Hollywood film.

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An in-depth look at the portrayal of Asian characters by non-Asian actors in classical Hollywood film.

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From William Dickson’s Rip Van Winkle films (1896) to Baz Luhrmann’s big-budget production of The Great Gatsby(2013) and

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Location shooting has always been a vital counterpart to soundstage production, and at times, the primary form of Hollyw

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From the earliest years of sound film in America, Hollywood studios and independent producers of "race films"

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