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Cinema Civil Rights: Regulation, Repression, and Race in the Classical Hollywood Era
Ellen C. Scott
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From Al Jolson in blackface to Song of the South, there is a long history of racism in Hollywood film. Yet as early as the 1930s, movie studios carefully vetted their releases, removing racially offensive language like the “N-word.” This censorship did not stem from purely humanitarian concerns, but rather from worries about boycotts from civil rights groups and loss of revenue from African American filmgoers.
Cinema Civil Rights presents the untold history of how Black audiences, activists, and lobbyists influenced the representation of race in Hollywood in the decades before the 1960s civil rights era. Employing a nuanced analysis of ... Read more
From Al Jolson in blackface to Song of the South, there is a long history of racism in Hollywood film. Yet as early as the 1930s, movie studios carefully vetted their releases, removing racially offensive language like the “N-word.” This censorship did not stem from purely humanitarian concerns, but rather from worries about boycotts from civil rights groups and loss of revenue from African American filmgoers.
Cinema Civil Rights presents the untold history of how Black audiences, activists, and lobbyists influenced the representation of race in Hollywood in the decades before the 1960s civil rights era. Employing a nuanced analysis of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
268
Place of Publication
New Brunswick NJ, United States
ISBN
9780813571355
SKU
V9780813571355
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About Ellen C. Scott
ELLEN C. SCOTT is an assistant professor of media studies at Queens College–City University of New York.
Reviews for Cinema Civil Rights: Regulation, Repression, and Race in the Classical Hollywood Era
"An original and insightful contribution to the scholarly literature on the history of Hollywood representations of African Americans."
Film Criticism
"The contribution that Scott makes to African American film history with Cinema Civil Rights is sizeable, but it is her sense of purpose rather than her exhaustive research that makes the book essential."
Cercles
"This well-written, ... Read more
Film Criticism
"The contribution that Scott makes to African American film history with Cinema Civil Rights is sizeable, but it is her sense of purpose rather than her exhaustive research that makes the book essential."
Cercles
"This well-written, ... Read more