Blaxploitation Films of the 1970s

This book 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.

Informationen zum Autor Novotny Lawrence is an associate professor in the radio, television, and digital media department at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. He is the author of Blaxploitation Films of the 1970s: Blackness and Genre and the editor of Documenting the Black Experience: African American History, Culture, and Identity in Nonfiction Films. Klappentext This book 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. Zusammenfassung This book 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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 RestMake 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

Klappentext

This book 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.

Zusammenfassung
This book 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.

Inhalt

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 RestMake 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