The Resource Forgeries of Memory and Meaning : Blacks and the Regimes of Race in American Theater and Film before World War II
Forgeries of Memory and Meaning : Blacks and the Regimes of Race in American Theater and Film before World War II
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The item Forgeries of Memory and Meaning : Blacks and the Regimes of Race in American Theater and Film before World War II represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries.
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- Summary
- Cedric J. Robinson offers a new understanding of race in America through his analysis of theater and film of the early twentieth century. He argues that economic, political, and cultural forces present in the eras of silent film and the early "talkies" firmly entrenched limited representations of African Americans. Robinson grounds his study in contexts that illuminate the parallel growth of racial beliefs and capitalism, beginning with Shakespearean England and the development of international trade. He demonstrates how the needs of American commerce determined the construction of successive r
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (454 pages)
- Contents
-
- Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 The Inventions of the Negro; 2 In the Year 1915: D.W. Griffith and the Rewhitening of America; 3 Blackface Minstrelsy and Black Resistance; 4 Resistance and Imitation in Early Black Cinema; 5 The Racial Regimes of the "Golden Age"; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
- Isbn
- 9781469606750
- Label
- Forgeries of Memory and Meaning : Blacks and the Regimes of Race in American Theater and Film before World War II
- Title
- Forgeries of Memory and Meaning
- Title remainder
- Blacks and the Regimes of Race in American Theater and Film before World War II
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Cedric J. Robinson offers a new understanding of race in America through his analysis of theater and film of the early twentieth century. He argues that economic, political, and cultural forces present in the eras of silent film and the early "talkies" firmly entrenched limited representations of African Americans. Robinson grounds his study in contexts that illuminate the parallel growth of racial beliefs and capitalism, beginning with Shakespearean England and the development of international trade. He demonstrates how the needs of American commerce determined the construction of successive r
- Cataloging source
- MERUC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Robinson, Cedric J
- Dewey number
- 791.43652996073
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- English
- LC call number
- PN1995.9.N4 .R58 2012
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Shakespeare, William
- African Americans in motion pictures
- African Americans in the performing arts
- PERFORMING ARTS
- African Americans in motion pictures
- African Americans in the performing arts
- Music, Dance, Drama & Film
- Film
- Label
- Forgeries of Memory and Meaning : Blacks and the Regimes of Race in American Theater and Film before World War II
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-403) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 The Inventions of the Negro; 2 In the Year 1915: D.W. Griffith and the Rewhitening of America; 3 Blackface Minstrelsy and Black Resistance; 4 Resistance and Imitation in Early Black Cinema; 5 The Racial Regimes of the "Golden Age"; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
- Control code
- 817925964
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (454 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781469606750
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)817925964
- Label
- Forgeries of Memory and Meaning : Blacks and the Regimes of Race in American Theater and Film before World War II
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-403) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 The Inventions of the Negro; 2 In the Year 1915: D.W. Griffith and the Rewhitening of America; 3 Blackface Minstrelsy and Black Resistance; 4 Resistance and Imitation in Early Black Cinema; 5 The Racial Regimes of the "Golden Age"; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
- Control code
- 817925964
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (454 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781469606750
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)817925964
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