Horror noire blacks in American horror films from the 1890s to present
From King Kong to Candyman, the boundary-pushing genre of the horror film has always been a site for provocative explorations of race in American popular culture. In Horror Noire: Blacks in American Horror Films from 1890's to Present, Robin R. Means Coleman traces the history of notable charac...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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New York :
Routledge
2011.
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009849237006719 |
| Summary: | From King Kong to Candyman, the boundary-pushing genre of the horror film has always been a site for provocative explorations of race in American popular culture. In Horror Noire: Blacks in American Horror Films from 1890's to Present, Robin R. Means Coleman traces the history of notable characterizations of blackness in horror cinema, and examines key levels of black participation on screen and behind the camera. She argues that horror offers a representational space for black people to challenge the more negative, or racist, images seen in other media outlets, a |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (294 p.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [244]-258) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781283435291 9786613435293 9780203847671 9781136942945 |
