Southern History on Screen

Southern History on Screen
Author: Bryan M. Jack
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Total Pages: 243
Release: 2019-01-08
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 0813176468


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Hollywood films have been influential in the portrayal and representation of race relations in the South and how African Americans are cinematically depicted in history, from The Birth of a Nation (1915) and Gone with the Wind (1939) to The Help (2011) and 12 Years a Slave (2013). With an ability to reach mass audiences, films represent the power to influence and shape the public's understanding of our country's past, creating lasting images—both real and imagined—in American culture. In Southern History on Screen: Race and Rights, 1976–2016, editor Bryan Jack brings together essays from an international roster of scholars to provide new critical perspectives on Hollywood's relationships between historical films, Southern history, identity, and the portrayal of Jim Crow–era segregation. This collection analyzes films through the lens of religion, politics, race, sex, and class, building a comprehensive look at the South as seen on screen. By illuminating depictions of the southern belle in Gone with the Wind, the religious rhetoric of southern white Christians and the progressive identity of the "white heroes" in A Time to Kill (1996) and Mississippi Burning (1988), as well as many other archetypes found across films, this book explores the intersection between film, historical memory, and southern identity.


Southern History on Screen
Language: en
Pages: 243
Authors: Bryan M. Jack
Categories: Performing Arts
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-01-08 - Publisher: University Press of Kentucky

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Hollywood films have been influential in the portrayal and representation of race relations in the South and how African Americans are cinematically depicted in
Southern History on Screen
Language: en
Pages: 242
Authors: Bryan M. Jack
Categories: Performing Arts
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-01-08 - Publisher: University Press of Kentucky

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Hollywood films have been influential in the portrayal and representation of race relations in the South and how African Americans are cinematically depicted in
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Pages: 1176
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Language: en
Pages: 342
Authors: Daniel Krebs
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-02-15 - Publisher: University Press of Kansas

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