Representing Blackness: Issues in Film and Video

by Valerie Smith

Book Overview

The essays in this collection provide a variety of perspectives on black representation and questions of racial authenticity in mainstream as well as African American independent cinema. This volume includes seminal essays on racial stereotypes, trenchant critiques of that discourse, original essays on important directors such as Haile Gerima and Charles Burnett, and an insightful discussion of black gay and lesbian film and video.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813523141
• ISBN13: 9780813523149
• Release Date: April 1997
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"