Black Manhood on the Silent Screen

by Gerald R. Butters Jr.

In early-twentieth-century motion picture houses, offensive stereotypes of African Americans were as predictable as they were prevalent. Watermelon eating, chicken thievery, savages with uncontrollable appetites, Sambo and Zip Coon were all representations associated with African American people. Most of these caricatures were rendered by whites in blackface.

Few people realize that from 1915 through 1929 a number of African American film directors...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700611975
• ISBN13: 9780700611973
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.3"