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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Gooding, Frederick W., Jr., author.     Subjects     Academy Awards (Motion pictures)     African American motion picture actors and actresses.     African Americans in the motion picture industry.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Gooding, Frederick W., Jr., author.       by title:      Black Oscars : from ...         MARC Display

Black Oscars : from mammy to minny, what the Academy Awards tell us about African Americans / Frederick W. Gooding Jr. by Gooding, Frederick W., Jr., author. Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2020] Subjects Academy Awards (Motion pictures)   African American motion picture actors and actresses.   African Americans in the motion picture industry. ISBN:  9781538123720 (hardcover) 153812372X (hardcover) Description:  xx, 297 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Contents:  Introduction. Setting the stage: What's so Oscar worthy? -- Chapter 1: Lights, camera, analysis! -- Chapter 2: Early drama behind early Black images (1927-1939) -- Chapter 3: Oscar's uneasy breakthrough (1940-1949) -- Chapter 4: New roles not leading anywhere (1950-1959) -- Chapter 5: Sidney in the sixties (1960-1969) -- Chapter 6: The Blaxploitation effect (1970-1979) -- Chapter 7: The Color Purple through the Bluest Eye (1980-1989) -- Chapter 8: The Denzel effect (1990-1999) -- Chapter 9: New century, new beginning? (2000-2009) -- Chapter 10: Oscars so white? (2010-2019) -- Conclusion. Have we seen this movie before? A critical analysis -- Appendix A, Black Oscar nomination and wins overview, by decade -- Appendix B, List of all movies with Black Oscar nominations -- Appendix C, List of all Black Oscar acting nominees and wins -- Appendix D, List of all Black, nonacting Oscar winners. Requests:  0 Summary:  "Frederick W. Gooding, Jr. provides a thorough analysis and overview of black people that were nominated for their Hollywood roles, going decade by decade in highly accessible language. The book shows how the Oscars are a litmus test, ultimately reflecting what degree our society has truly embraced diversity within the hallowed confines of our sacred imaginations"--   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Art, Music & Recreation 791.43079 Go Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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