Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies, and Bucks: An Interpretive History of Blacks in American Films
by Donald Bogle
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This classic iconic study of black images in American motion pictures has been updated and revised, as Donald Bogle continues to enlighten us with his historical and social reflections on the relationship between African Americans and Hollywood. He notes the remarkable shifts that have come about in the new millennium when such filmmakers as Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave) and Ava DuVernay (Selma) examined America's turbulent racial history and the particular dilemma of black actresses in show more Hollywood, including Halle Berry, Lupita Nyong'o, Octavia Spencer, Jennifer Hudson, and Viola Davis. Bogle also looks at the ongoing careers of such stars as Denzel Washington and Will Smith and such directors as Spike Lee and John Singleton, observing that questions of diversity in the film industry continue. From The Birth of a Nation, the 1934 Imitation of Life, Gone with the Wind, and Carmen Jones to Shaft, Do the Right Thing, and Boyz N the Hood to Training Day, Dreamgirls, The Help, Django Unchained, and Straight Outta Compton, Donald Bogle compellingly reveals the way in which the images of blacks in American movies have significantly changed-and also the shocking way in which those images have often remained the same. -- Provided by publisher. show lessTags
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Donald Bogle is the author of numerous books, including Dorothy Dandridge: A Biography and Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies, & Bucks. He teaches at the University of Pennsylvania and New York University and lives in New York City. (Bowker Author Biography)
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- People/Characters
- Paul Robeson; Ethel Waters; Sidney Poitier; Willie Best; Eddie "Rochester" Anderson; Stepin Fetchit (show all 65); Rex Ingram; Hattie McDaniel; Butterfly McQueen; Bill "Bojangles" Robinson; Clarence Muse; Fredi Washington; Louise Beavers; Oscar Micheaux; Hazel Scott; Lena Horne; Dorothy Dandridge; Ossie Davis; Sammy Davis, Jr.; Jim Brown; Marvin Van Peebles; Richard Pryor; Eddie Murphy; Whoopi Goldberg; Denzel Washington; Morgan Freeman; Samuel L. Jackson; Charles Burnett; John Singleton; Spike Lee; Carl Franklin; Oprah Winfrey; Laurence Fishburne; Wesley Snipes; Whitney Houston; Angela Bassett; Pam Grier; Martin Lawrence; Cuba Gooding Jnr; Chris Tucker; Will Smith; Euzhan Palcy; Prince; Danny Glover; Carl Weathers; Louis Gossett, Jr.; Paul Winfield; Cicely Tyson; Melvin Van Peebles; Ron O'Neal; Richard Roundtree; Billy Dee Williams; Diana Ross; Roscoe Lee Browne; Lola Falana; Brock Peters; Bernie Hamilton; Jackie Robinson; Ruby Dee; Diana Sands; Harry Belafonte; Pearl Bailey; Diahann Carroll; Joe Adams; Louis Armstrong
- Dedication
- To my mother
to papa g.
to jeanne & janet & bettina
to dodson & dawson
&
to three terrific bogles:
roger & jerry & jay - First words
- In the beginning, there was an Uncle Tom.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Yesterday may not have been great. But the talents of some extraordinary past black film artists make us believe that tomorrow has to be better.
- Blurbers
- Lee, Spike; Siskel, Gene; Bentley, Eric; Watkins, Mel
Classifications
- Genres
- Nonfiction, History, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 791.43 — Arts & recreation Recreation, sports, and performing arts Public performances Motion pictures, radio, television, podcasting Motion pictures
- LCC
- PN1995.9 .N4 .B6 — Language and Literature Literature (General) Literature (General) Drama Motion pictures
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- Languages
- English
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- Paper
- ISBNs
- 11
- ASINs
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