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Horror Noire : Blacks in American Horror Films From the 1890s to Present 🔍
Robin R Means Coleman; ProQuest (Firm) Routledge, unknown, 2011-06-29
English [en] · PDF · 4.0MB · 2011 · 📘 Book (non-fiction) · 🚀/lgli/zlib · Save
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From King Kong to Candyman , the boundary-pushing genre of the horror film has always been a site for provocative explorations of race in American popular culture. In Horror Noire: Blacks in American Horror Films from 1890's to Present , Robin R. Means Coleman traces the history of notable characterizations of blackness in horror cinema, and examines key levels of black participation on screen and behind the camera. She argues that horror offers a representational space for black people to challenge the more negative, or racist, images seen in other media outlets, and to portray greater diversity within the concept of blackness itself.
Horror Noire presents a unique social history of blacks in America through changing images in horror films. Throughout the text, the reader is encouraged to unpack the genre’s racialized imagery, as well as the narratives that make up popular culture’s commentary on race.
Offering a comprehensive chronological survey of the genre, this book addresses a full range of black horror films, including mainstream Hollywood fare, as well as art-house films, Blaxploitation films, direct-to-DVD films, and the emerging U.S./hip-hop culture-inspired Nigerian "Nollywood" Black horror films. Horror Noire is, thus, essential reading for anyone seeking to understand how fears and anxieties about race and race relations are made manifest, and often challenged, on the silver screen.
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zlib/Society, Politics & Philosophy/Social Sciences/Robin R Means Coleman/Horror Noire: Blacks in American Horror Films from the 1890s to Present_17311691.pdf
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Means Coleman, Robin R
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Ashgate Publishing Limited
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
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Gower Publishing Ltd
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Online access with subscription: Proquest Ebook Central, New York, 2011
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Taylor & Francis (Unlimited), New York, 2011
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United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom
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New York, New York State, 2011
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342557
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Introduction : studying blacks and horror films
The birth of the black boogeyman: pre-1930s
Jungle fever: a horror romance: 1930s
Horrifying goons and minstrel coons: 1940s
Black invisibility, white science, and a night with Ben: 1950s-1960s
Scream, whitey, scream: retribution, enduring women and carnality: 1970s
We always die first: invisibility, racial red-lining, and self-sacrifice: 1980s
Black is back! retribution and the urban terrain: 1990s
Conclusion: catching some zzzzz's: blackz and horror in the 21st century.
Alternative description
Robin R. Means Coleman traces the history of notable characterizations of blackness in horror cinema, examines key levels of black participation on screen and behind the camera, and unpacks the genre's racialized imagery and narratives that make up popular culture's commentary on race.
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2021-09-15
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