Representing
hip hop culture and the production of Black cinema
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Author
Publication
1998 - University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois
Language
English
Word Count
78,500 words, Guess
Page Count
314 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL695694M
- ISBN-100226874885
- OCLC Control Number37928470
- OCLC Control Numberrepresentinghiph00watk
- Library of Congress Control Number97043151
and 2 more
- Goodreads214033
- LibraryThing3352220
Classifications
- DDC791.43/652396073
- LCCPN1995.9.N4 W38 1998
Description
In this book, S. Craig Watkins examines two of the most important developments in the recent history of black cinemathe ascendancy of Spike Lee and the proliferation of "ghettocentric films" like Boyz N the Hood and Menace II Society. Representing explores a distinct contradiction in American society: at the same time that black youth have become the targets of a fierce racial backlash against crime, drugs, affirmative action, and rap music, their popular expressive cultures have become highly visible and commercially viable. Further, Watkins considers the imprint of black youth on the landscape of black filmmaking.
First Sentence
It is difficult to think or write cogently about the popular cultures of black youth without considering the material world young African Americans inhabit.
Excerpt
It is difficult to think or write cogently about the popular cultures of black youth without considering the material world young African Americans inhabit.
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