African Americans in a Century of Hollywood Cinema, 1903-2003
by
Roland Leander Williams Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2015
Black Male Frames charts the development and shifting popularity of two stereotypes of black masculinity in popular American film: "the shaman" or "the scoundrel." Starting with colonial times, Williams identifies the origins of these roles in an America where black men were forced either to defy...