Literary adaptations in Black American cinema

Publication Data

• Title Literary adaptations in Black American cinema
• Author Barbara Tepa Lupack
• Publisher University of Rochester Press
• Publication date 2010
• Publication location Rochester, N.Y.
• Language English

Contents

The birth of defamation : Uncle Tom's cabin and the beginnings of black stereotyping
"A credit to the race" : Oscar Micheaux and early race filmmaking
"We'll teach him fear" : racial representation in sound films of the 1930s and 1940s
Uncle Tom meets Uncle Sam : wartime developments and postwar progress
From Eisenhower to black power : radicalizing the black hero
"Tell them I'm a man" : popularizing black history
History to herstory : new voices for a new century
Postscript : from Mammy to Madea.

Topics

• African Americans in motion pictures
• American fiction :: African American authors :: History and criticism
• Film adaptations :: History and criticism
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Literary adaptations in Black American cinema by Barbara Tepa Lupack. ISBN 9781580463720. Published by University of Rochester Press in 2010. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.