Representing by S Craig Watkins

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Examines developments in black cinema - the ascendancy of Spike Lee and the proliferation of "ghettocentric films". The work examines a distinct contradiction in American society: black youth have become targets of a racial backlash but their popular cultures have become commercially viable.

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Representing by S Craig Watkins

In this text, S. Craig Watkins examines two of the important developments in the recent history of black cinema - the ascendancy of Spike Lee and the proliferation of "ghettocentric films". The work explores a distinct contradiction in American society - at the same time that black youth have become the targets of a fierce racial backlash, their popular expressive cultures have become highly visible and commercially viable.
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ISBN 13 9780226874890
ISBN 10 0226874893
Title Representing
Author S Craig Watkins
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher The University of Chicago Press
Year published 1999-11-01
Number of pages 330
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