Wilderson III Red, White & Black

Cinema and the Structure of U.S. Antagonisms
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-8223-9171-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 401 Seiten

A provocative theoretical critique of representations of race in socially engaged films made since the 1960s.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wilderson III, Frank B.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction: Unspeakable Ethics 1

I. The Structure of Antagonisms

1. The Ruse of Analogy 35

2. The Narcissistic Slave 54

II. Antwone Fisher and Bush Mama

3. Fishing for Antwone 95

4. Cinematic Unrest: Bush Mama and the Black Liberation Army 117

III. Skins

5. Absurd Mobility 149

6. The Ethics of Sovereignty 162

7. Excess Slack 189

8. The Pleasures of Parity 200

9. "Savage" Negrophobia 221

IV. Monster's Ball

10. A Crisis in the Commons 247

11. Half-White Healing 285

12. Make Me Feel Good 317

Epilogue 237

Notes 343

References 365

Index 375

Über Autor(innen)

Frank B. Wilderson III is Associate Professor of African American Studies and Drama at the University of California, Irvine. He is the author of Incognegro: A Memoir of Exile and Apartheid, winner of the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award and the American Book Award. He is also the recipient of a Literature Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts.