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Author:
Williams, Linda, 1946-
Title:
Playing the race card : melodramas of black and white from Uncle Tom to O.J. Simpson / Linda Williams.
Publisher:
Princeton University Press,
Copyright Date:
c2001
Description:
xviii, 401 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
African Americans in popular culture.
Racism in popular culture--United States.
Melodrama, American--Social aspects.
Mass media and race relations--United States.
African Americans in mass media.
African American men--Race identity.
Women, White--Race identity--United States.
United States--Psychological aspects.--Psychological aspects.
Popular culture--United States--Psychological aspects.
Noirs américains dans la culture populaire.
Racisme dans la culture populaire--États-Unis.
Mélodrame américain--Aspect social.
Médias et relations raciales--États-Unis.
Noirs américains dans les médias.
Hommes noirs américains--Identité ethnique.
Blanches--Identité ethnique.
Culture populaire--États-Unis--Aspect psychologique.
États-Unis--Aspect psychologique.--Aspect psychologique.
Films.
Rassenverhoudingen.
Beeldvorming.
Stereotypen.
Populaire cultuur.
Melodramatische films.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [369]-384) and index.
Contents:
The American melodramatic mode -- "A wonderful, 'leaping' fish": varieties of Uncle Tom -- Anti-Tom and The birth of a nation -- Posing as black, passing as white: the melow of black and white melodrama in the Jazz age -- Rewriting the plantation legend: Scarlett "totes a weary load" -- Home sweet Africa: Alex Haley's and TV's roots -- Trials of black and white: California v. Powell and The people v. Orenthal James Simpson -- Our melodramatic racial fix.
ISBN:
9780691102832
069110283X
9780691058009 (alk. paper)
0691058008 (alk. paper)
LCCN:
00058467
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
RZPE145 -- Carroll Public Library (Carroll)
UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)
PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)
ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)

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