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Author:
Knauer, Caron, author.
Title:
American slavery on film / Caron Knauer.
Publisher:
ABC-CLIOan imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC,
Copyright Date:
2023
Description:
xliii, 193 pages ; 25 cm.
Subject:
Slavery in motion pictures.
African Americans in motion pictures.
Motion pictures--Social aspects--United States.
African Americans in motion pictures.
Motion pictures--Social aspects.
Slavery in motion pictures.
United States.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Series foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chronology of European and American race-based chattel slavery -- Uncle Tom's Cabin (1914) -- Mandingo (1975) -- Roots (1977) -- Sankofa (1993) -- Nightjohn (1996) -- Amistad (1997) -- Django Unchained (2012) -- 12 Years a Slave (2013) -- The Birth of a Nation (2016) -- Harriet (2019) -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary:
"This book is a comprehensive and timely source for studying depictions in film of enslaved African Americans and slavery from the Antebellum Period to Emancipation"-- Provided by publisher.
Series:
Hollywood history
ISBN:
1440877513
9781440877513
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1347699458
LCCN:
2022037029
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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