Blaxploitation Cinema - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Blaxploitation Cinema write by Josiah Howard. This book was released on 2008. Blaxploitation Cinema available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Dazzling, highly stylised, excessively violent and brimming with sex, blaxploitation films enjoyed a brief but memorable moment in motion picture history. Never before, and never since, have so many African-American performers been featured in films, not in bit parts, but in name-above-the title starring roles. Here's a new and appreciative look back at a distinctly American motion picture phenomenon, the first truly comprehensive examination of the genre, its films, its trends and its far-reaching impact, covering more than 240 Blaxploitation films in detail. This is the primary reference book on the genre, covering not just the films' heyday (1971-1976) but the entire decade (1970-1980). Includes: film posters and ads
Blaxploitation Films of the 1970s
Blaxploitation Films of the 1970s - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Blaxploitation Films of the 1970s write by Novotny Lawrence. This book was released on 2007-12-12. Blaxploitation Films of the 1970s available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
Beyond Blaxploitation
Beyond Blaxploitation - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Beyond Blaxploitation write by Novotny Lawrence. This book was released on 2016-11-28. Beyond Blaxploitation available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Beyond Blaxploitation is a much-needed pedagogical tool, informing film scholars, critics, and fans alike, about blaxploitation's richness and complexity.
Blaxploitation Films
Blaxploitation Films - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Blaxploitation Films write by Mikel J. Koven. This book was released on 2010-12-01. Blaxploitation Films available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Fully updated to include Baadassss and The Hebrew Hammer and to cover the deaths of Isaac Hayes and Rudy Rae Moore In the early 1970s a type of film emerged that featured all-black casts; really cool soul, R 'n' B, and disco soundtracks; characters sporting big guns, big dashikis, and even bigger 'fros; and had some of the meanest, baddest attitudes to shoot their way across the screen. An antidote to the sanitized "safe" images of blackness that Sidney Poitier and Bill Cosby presented to America, these films depicted a reality about the world which African-American audiences could identify with, even if the stories themselves were pure fantasy. This guide reviews and discusses more than 60 Blaxploitation films, considering them from the perspectives of class and racial rebellion, genre, and Stickin' it to the Man. Subgenres covered include Blaxploitation horror films, kung-fu movies, westerns, and parodies.
Women of Blaxploitation
Women of Blaxploitation - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Women of Blaxploitation write by Yvonne D. Sims. This book was released on 2015-03-26. Women of Blaxploitation available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. With the Civil Rights movement of the sixties fresh in their perspective, movie producers of the early 1970s began to make films aimed toward the underserved African American audience. Over the next five years or so, a number of cheaply made, so-called blaxploitation movies featured African American actresses in roles which broke traditional molds. Typically long on flash and violence but lacking in character depth and development, this genre nonetheless did a great deal toward redefining the perception of African American actresses, breaking traditional African American female stereotypes and laying the groundwork for later feminine action heroines. This critical study examines the ways in which the blaxploitation heroines of the early 1970s reshaped the presentation of African American actresses on screen and, to a certain degree, the perception of African American females in general. It discusses the social, political and cultural context in which blaxploitation films emerged. The work focuses on four African American actresses--Pam Grier, Tamara Dobson, Teresa Graves and Jeanne Belle--providing critical and audience response to their films as well as insight into the perspectives of the actresses themselves. The eventual demise of the blaxploitation genre due to formulaic plots and lack of character development is also discussed. Finally, the work addresses the mainstreaming of the action heroine in general and a recent resurgence of interest in black action movies. Relevant film stills and a selected filmography including cast list and plot synopsis are also included. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.
