Straight lick : the cinema of Oscar Micheaux / J. Ronald Green.
Straight lick : the cinema of Oscar Micheaux / J. Ronald Green.
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Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2000.
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N791.43/189
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English
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Physical content
xvi, 295 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. Micheaux vs. Griffith -- 2. Micheaux's Class Position -- 3. Twoness and Micheaux's Style -- 4. Negative Images -- 5. The Middle Path -- 6. Middle-Class Cinema -- 7. White Financing -- 8. Stereotype and Caricature -- 9. Revising Caricature -- 10. Interrogating Caricature as Entertainment -- 11. In...
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Publisher
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2000.
Place of Publication
Indiana
Date Published
c2000.
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Summary
"One of the most original and successful filmmakers of all time, Oscar Micheaux was born into a rural, working-class African-American family in middle America in 1884, yet he created an impressive legacy in commercial cinema. Between 1913 and 1951 he wrote, directed, and distributed some forty-three feature films, more than any other black filmmake...
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Straight lick : the cinema of Oscar Micheaux / J. Ronald Green.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-283) and index.
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c2000.
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N791.43/189
Record Identifier
74VvArWjovWy
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvArWjovWy
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ISBN
0253337534 :
9780253337535 (alk. paper)
0253337534 (alk. paper)
9780253337535 :
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791.430233092
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991013588679702626
