Overview
- Offers wide-ranging commentary on depictions of the black male in mainstream cinema, American and European
- Explores counter-representations of black masculinity which challenge racial stereotypes, exhibiting aspects positive, progressive and subversive
- Highlights key black performers, genres and franchises underrepresented in previous commentary
- Will appeal to both the academic and the general reader interested in film, race, gender and colonial issues
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Keywords
- cinematic black masculinity
- colonialism
- gender
- race
- African cinema
- European cinema
- African-American representations
- representing masculinity
- representation of men
- male sterotypes
- racial stereotyping
- western movies
- Hollywood
- colonial issues
- counter-representations of black masculinity
- black men on screen
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Book Title: Black Masculinity on Film
Book Subtitle: Native Sons and White Lies
Authors: Daniel O'Brien
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-59323-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-59322-1Published: 20 September 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-59323-8Published: 06 September 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 221
Number of Illustrations: 20 b/w illustrations
Topics: African American Culture, American Cinema and TV, European Cinema and TV, Sociology of Racism, Culture and Gender