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Black on Black
Urban Youth Films and the Multicultural Audience
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2006
Summary
Images of violent black masculinity are not new in American culture, but in the late 1980s and early '90s, the social and economic climate in the country contributed to an unprecedented number of films about ghetto life. And while Hollywood reaped financial gains from these depictions, the rest of the country saw an ever widening "opportunity gap" between marginalized groups and mainstream society, as well as an increase in juvenile violence. These events added to the existing discomfort of the viewing public with representations of young black males living in urban ghettos.
Black on Black: Urban Youth Films and the Multicultural Audience tackles the under-examined subject of black, male-focused, coming-of-age films in American society. Of central concern is an analysis of responses made by culturally diverse young adults to selected "Hood" films of the early 1990s. Grounded in Reader-Response Theory and utilizing qualitative research design and analysis, author Celeste Fisher examines student interpretations of three representative films of the period: Boyz N the Hood, Juice and Menace II Society.
This book provides insight into how meaning is made by a multicultural audience in response to a particularly controversial representation of "Blackness" in American society. Developed to make sense of the violence that accompanied the screenings of some Hood films, this research provides a greater understanding of how such films are interpreted. Black on Black is suitable for scholars and students interested in the subject, as well as for anyone interested in film, race, multiculturalism, and identity politics.
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Copyright year
2006
ISBN-Print
978-0-8108-5722-3
ISBN-Online
978-1-4616-5688-3
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
123
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Table of Contents No access
Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access
Chapter 1: Readers and Response No access Pages 1 - 22
Chapter 2: "America's Worst Nightmare": Reading Menace II Society No access Pages 23 - 44
Chapter 3: "Money, Power, Respect": Reading Juice No access Pages 45 - 58
Chapter 4: "Increase the Peace": Reading Boyz n the Hood No access Pages 59 - 74
Chapter 5: Negotiated Meanings No access Pages 75 - 86
Chapter 6: Epilogue No access Pages 87 - 96
Appendix A: Course Films No access Pages 97 - 102
Appendix B: Additional Films No access Pages 103 - 106
Appendix C: Background Questionnaire No access Pages 107 - 110
Bibliography No access Pages 111 - 116
Index No access Pages 117 - 122
About the Author No access Pages 123 - 123
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