Cinema civil rights : regulation, repression, and race in the classical Hollywood era

Cinema civil rights : regulation, repression, and race in the classical Hollywood era / Ellen C. Scott.

"From Al Jolson in blackface to Song of the South, there is a long history of racism in Hollywood film. Yet as early as the 1930s, movie studios carefully vetted their releases, removing racially offensive language like the 'N-word.' This censorship did not stem from purely humanitari...

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Main Author: Scott, Ellen C., 1978-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, 2015.
Subjects:
1900-1999
African Americans in motion pictures.
Racism in motion pictures.
Stereotypes (Social psychology) in motion pictures.
African Americans in the motion picture industry > History > 20th century.
African American political activists > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > History > 20th century.
Motion pictures > United States > History > 20th century.
Motion picture industry > United States > History > 20th century.
Motion pictures > Censorship > United States > History > 20th century.
PERFORMING ARTS > Reference.
PERFORMING ARTS > Business Aspects.
African American political activists
African Americans > Civil rights
African Americans in motion pictures
African Americans in the motion picture industry
Motion picture industry
Motion pictures
Motion pictures > Censorship
Racism in motion pictures
Stereotypes (Social psychology) in motion pictures
Svarta på film, USA.
Stereotyper på film.
Rasism.
Censur, film, USA.
United States
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Regulating race, structuring absence: industry self-censorship and African American representability
  • American state censorship and the color line
  • Racial trauma, civil rights and the brutal imagination of Darryl F. Zanuck
  • Shadowboxing: black interpretive activism in the classical Hollywood era.

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