Robin R. Means Coleman

Horror Noire (eBook, PDF)

A History of Black American Horror from the 1890s to Present

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

From King Kong to Candyman, the boundary-pushing genre of the horror film has always been a site for provocative explorations of race in American popular culture. This book offers a comprehensive chronological survey of Black horror from the 1890s to present day.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 402
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000775112
• Artikelnr.: 65653869

Autorenporträt

Robin R. Means Coleman is Vice President and Associate Provost for Diversity and Inclusion, Chief Diversity Officer, and Ida B. Wells and Ferdinand Barnett Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Northwestern University. Her previous books include the first edition of this title, African Americans and the Black Situation Comedy: Situating Racial Humor, and the edited collection Say It Loud! African Americans, Media and Identity, along with the co-edited volume Fight the Power! The Spike Lee Reader and the co-authored Intercultural Communication for Everyday Life. Her documentary Horror Noire (2019) won the 2020 Rondo Hatton Award for Best Documentary and the 2019 FearNyc Trailblazer Award.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The Birth of the Black Boogeyman: Pre-1930s 2. Jungle Fever-A Horror Romance: 1930s 3. Horrifying Goons and Minstrel Coons: 1940s 4. Black Invisibility
White Science: 1950s 5. A Night with Ben: 1960s 6. Scream
Whitey
Scream-Retribution
Enduring Women
and Carnality: 1970s 7. We Always Die First-Invisibility
Racial Red-Lining
and Self-Sacrifice: 1980s 8. Black is Back! Retribution and the Urban Terrain: 1990s 9. Growing Painz: 2000s 10. Representation
Recognition
and Renaissance: 2010s to present 11. Conclusion: Black Horror Today and Tomorrow