Blaxploitation Films of the 1970s: Blackness and Genre

ISBN-13: 9780415540957 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 136 str.

Lawrence, Novotny

Opis

William Novotny Lawrence examines a number of blaxploitation films - including 'Cotton Comes to Harlem' (1970), 'Blacula' (1972), and 'The Mack' (1973) - and illustrates the manner in which 'blaxploitation' came to be understood as a separate genre.

Spis treści

Introduction: The Historic Labeling of Blackness in Cinema  1. "Two Detectives Only a Mother Could Love!": Cotton Comes to Harlem and the Detective Genre  2. "Deadlier than Dracula!": Blacula and the Horror Genre  3. "Now that You’ve Seen the Rest…Make Way for the Biggest and the Best!": The Mack and the Gangster Genre  4. "6 feet 2" and All of it Dynamite!": Cleopatra Jones and the Cop Action Genre  Conclusion: The Demise and Aftermath of the Blaxploitation Movement  

O autorze

Novotny Lawrence is Assistant Professor in the Department of Radio and Television at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale.