Racism In American Stage And Screen

Author : Olivia Demberg
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1665529393
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Racism in American Stage and Screen written by Olivia Demberg and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2021-08-20 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For more than a hundred years, the entertainment industry has both struggled with and perpetuated the spectre of racism. At times, it has been guilty of portraying racist tropes or presenting employment barriers with little regard for how they extend the prejudices of society. In better moments, it has been in the forefront of breaking down barriers within society in an entertaining, thought-provoking, and pioneering way. So many of the impressions that we form come from the entertainment we consume. It is from the entertainment arts and media of each era that we learn about the prevailing attitudes toward racial minorities; it is also by way of the entertainment arts and media that we are able to educate and attempt to overturn these prejudices in the fight toward racial equality, openness, and inclusivity. Minority voices are still critically underrepresented in the world of mainstream media and entertainment. An open tent and positive portrayals of minorities in entertainment are vital to this fight. Racism spreads like a virus with strains that develop and mutate throughout time, infecting everything that they come in contact with. Just as we have been continuously tested for coronavirus over the past year, we must check our biases regularly and be ready to correct any flaws we see in our journey toward eradicating the scourge of racism once and for all. Despite the progress that has been made, there is still a long way to go. This book will share the research I have compiled for the Palmer Foundation on how race is portrayed historically in film and theatre, presenting examples of the successes and shortcomings that entertainment has added to the dialogue about race over the decades.

Author : Cedric J. Robinson
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469606755
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Forgeries of Memory and Meaning written by Cedric J. Robinson and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2012-09-01 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cedric J. Robinson offers a new understanding of race in America through his analysis of theater and film of the early twentieth century. He argues that economic, political, and cultural forces present in the eras of silent film and the early "talkies" firmly entrenched limited representations of African Americans. Robinson grounds his study in contexts that illuminate the parallel growth of racial beliefs and capitalism, beginning with Shakespearean England and the development of international trade. He demonstrates how the needs of American commerce determined the construction of successive racial regimes that were publicized in the theater and in motion pictures, particularly through plantation and jungle films. In addition to providing new depth and complexity to the history of black representation, Robinson examines black resistance to these practices. Whereas D. W. Griffith appropriated black minstrelsy and romanticized a national myth of origins, Robinson argues that Oscar Micheaux transcended uplift films to create explicitly political critiques of the American national myth. Robinson's analysis marks a new way of approaching the intellectual, political, and media racism present in the beginnings of American narrative cinema.

Author : Katherine Grossman
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1665536551
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Racism in America and Black Mental Health written by Katherine Grossman and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2021-08-25 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From doctors' experimentation on slaves to the Black Lives Matter movement, mental healthcare for Black Americans requires an in-depth investigation into how we got to where we are today. Racism in America: Black Mental Health provides an overview of the historical and modern development of mental health among Black Americans. Issues such as the criminalization of mental health issues, distrust in healthcare systems, and the effects of racial discrimination are explored to offer insights into the future of Black mental health.

Author : Jackie Sibblies Drury
Publisher : Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0822239663
Total Pages : 99 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fairview written by Jackie Sibblies Drury and published by Dramatists Play Service, Inc.. This book was released on 2021-03-18 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the Frasier household, preparations for Grandma’s birthday party are underway. Beverly is holding on to her sanity by a thread to make sure this party is perfect, but her sister can’t be bothered to help, her husband doesn’t seem to listen, her brother is MIA, her daughter is a teenager, and maybe nothing is what it seems in the first place…! FAIRVIEW is a searing examination of families, drama, family dramas, and the insidiousness of white supremacy.

Author : Victor H. Green
Publisher : Colchis Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Negro Motorist Green Book written by Victor H. Green and published by Colchis Books. This book was released on with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Negro Motorist Green Book was a groundbreaking guide that provided African American travelers with crucial information on safe places to stay, eat, and visit during the era of segregation in the United States. This essential resource, originally published from 1936 to 1966, offered a lifeline to black motorists navigating a deeply divided nation, helping them avoid the dangers and indignities of racism on the road. More than just a travel guide, The Negro Motorist Green Book stands as a powerful symbol of resilience and resistance in the face of oppression, offering a poignant glimpse into the challenges and triumphs of the African American experience in the 20th century.

Author : Jesse A Shipp
Publisher : Literary Licensing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 9781498183055
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In Dahomey written by Jesse A Shipp and published by Literary Licensing, LLC. This book was released on 2014-08-07 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Is A New Release Of The Original 1902 Edition.

Author : Mike Ingham
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3031451988
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Anglo-American Stage and Screen Drama written by Mike Ingham and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-12-29 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anglo-American Stage and Screen Drama analyses and discusses the contemporary role of stage and screen drama as a critical forum for progressive thinking in an increasingly polarised geopolitical world. The book addresses the cultural politics of socially engaged 21st century stage plays and films, and makes the case for drama as a sociopolitical forum, in which the complex and contentious issues that confront society can be explored and debated. It conceives of Anglophone political drama as a significant intervention in today’s culture wars, representing the latter as a convenient distraction from the ongoing depredations of neoliberalism. In the main part of the book selected case-study plays and films from each of the first two decades illustrate drama’s capacity to influence critical debate on social justice issues. All of the case-study texts under discussion express a powerful aesthetics of resistance to right-wing ideology, and promote inclusive and enlightened values. This broader orientation underlines drama’s role as a channel for critical agency in today’s putative post-socialist, post-democratic climate.

Author : Sharrell Luckett
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1317441222
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Black Acting Methods written by Sharrell Luckett and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Black Acting Methods seeks to offer alternatives to the Euro-American performance styles that many actors find themselves working with. A wealth of contributions from directors, scholars and actor trainers address afrocentric processes and aesthetics, and interviews with key figures in Black American theatre illuminate their methods. This ground-breaking collection is an essential resource for teachers, students, actors and directors seeking to reclaim, reaffirm or even redefine the role and contributions of Black culture in theatre arts.

Author : W.D. Palmer
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1665536543
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book From David Walker to Jesse Jackson written by W.D. Palmer and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2021-08-26 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compilation of social activists who verbalized their complaints against racial oppression. Their lives and legacies demonstrate the importance of raising questions about oppression in general and racial oppression in particular.

Author : Leonard Courtney Archer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Black Images in the American Theatre written by Leonard Courtney Archer and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: