Novotny Lawrence

Blaxploitation Films of the 1970s (eBook, ePUB)

Blackness and Genre

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book examines a number of blaxploitation films - including Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970), Blacula (1972), and The Mack (1973) - and illustrates the manner in which 'blaxploitation' came to be understood as a separate genre.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 146
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Dezember 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781135900359
• Artikelnr.: 38247385

Autorenporträt

Novotny Lawrence is Assistant Professor in the Department of Radio and Television at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The Historic Labeling of Blackness in Cinema 1. "Two
Detectives Only a Mother Could Love!": Cotton Comes to Harlem and the
Detective Genre 2. "Deadlier than Dracula!": Blacula and the Horror Genre
3. "Now that You've Seen the Rest...Make Way for the Biggest and the
Best!": The Mack and the Gangster Genre 4. "6 feet 2" and All of it
Dynamite!": Cleopatra Jones and the Cop Action Genre Conclusion: The Demise
and Aftermath of the Blaxploitation Movement