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Genre/Form: | Conference papers and proceedings Criticism, interpretation, etc Congresses Congrès |
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Named Person: | Oscar Micheaux; Oscar Micheaux |
Material Type: | Biography, Conference publication |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Pearl Bowser; Jane Gaines; Charles Musser |
ISBN: | 9780253021359 0253021359 |
OCLC Number: | 1153872199 |
Notes: | Chiefly papers presented at a conference held Jan. 1995, Yale University. Reprint. Originally published by Indiana University Press, 2001. |
Description: | xxx, 353 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm |
Contents: | 1. Black silence and the politics of representation / Clyde R. Taylor -- 2. The notion of treatment : black aesthetics and film: based on an interview with Peter Hessli and additional contributions from Pearl Bowser / Authur Jafa -- 3. From shadows 'n 'shufflin' to spotlights and cinema : the Lafayette Players, 1915-1932 / Francesca Thompson -- 4. The African-American press and race movies, 1909-1929 / Charlene Regester -- 5. Oscar Micheaux's Within our gates : the possibilities for alternative visions / Michele Wallace -- 6. Within our gates : from race melodrama to opportunity narrative / Jane Gaines -- 7. Oscar Micheaux's The symbol of the unconquered : text and context / Pearl Bowser and Louise Spence -- 8. To redream the dreams of white playwrights : reappropriation and resistance in Oscar Micheaux's Body and soul / Charles Musser -- 9. Black patriarch on the prairie: national identity and black manhood in the early novels of Oscar Micheaux / Jayna Brown -- 10. Telling white lies : Oscar Micheaux and Charles W. Chesnutt / Corey K. Creekmur -- 11. Planes, trains, and automobiles : the Flying Ace, the Norman Company, and the Micheaux connection / Phyllis R. Klotman -- 12. Colored Players Film Corporation: An alternative to Micheaux / Charles Musser ; Lost, then found: the wedding scence from The Scar of Shame (1929) / Pearl Bowswer -- 13. Richard D. Maurice and the Maurice Film Company / Pearl Bowser and Charles Musser -- 14. Cinematic foremothers : Zora Neale Hurston and Eloyce King Patrick Gist / Gloria J. Gibson -- Appendix A. The reemergence of Oscar Micheaux : a timeline and bibliographic essay / J. Ronald Green -- Appendix B. An Oscar Micheaux filmography : from the silents through his transition to sound. 1919-1931 / compiled by Charles Musser, Corey Creekmur, Pearl Bowser, Charlene Regester, and Louise Spence -- Appendix C. A Colored Players Film Corporation Filmography / compiled by Charles Musser -- Appendix D. Norman Film Manufacturing Company : production and theatrical release dates for all-black-cast films / compiled by Phyllis B. Klotman. |
Other Titles: | African-American filmmaking and race cinema of the silent era Oscar Micheaux and his circle : |
Responsibility: | Pearl Bowser, Jane Gaines, and Charles Musser, editors and curators. |
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The 14 essays cover a range of topics, from overviews of black American performance and cinemas, to detailed analyses of Micheaux films, to thoughtful discussion of the work and impact of other groups of African American performers and filmmakers. The essays are lively and readable, casting light on an underrepresented fact of American film history. * Library Journal * An extremely valuable contribution to the history of African American art. -- Toni Morrison Read more...
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