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Antebellum Period
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Dred Scott v. Sandford
Emancipation Proclamation
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Film Studies
Freedom Papers
Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
Los Angeles Film Rebellion
Nat Turner's Rebellion
Slave Narratives
Slave Revolts
The Underground Railroad
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Underground Railroad
Product details
- ISBN 9781440877513
- Weight: 454g
- Dimensions: 156 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 14 Feb 2023
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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A comprehensive and timely resource on the depictions in film of enslaved African Americans and slavery from the Antebellum Period to Emancipation.
American Slavery on Film highlights historical and contemporary depictions in film of the resistance, rebellion, and resilience of enslaved African Americans in the United States from the Antebellum period to Emancipation. In her study of such films as Uncle Tom's Cabin (1914), a silent movie adaptation of Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel; the groundbreaking and successful television miniseries Roots (1977); and the Harriet Tubman biopic Harriet (2019), Caron Knauer analyzes how African American slavery has been and continues to be portrayed in major studio blockbusters and independent films alike. Separating the romanticized and unrealistic depictions of slavery from the more accurate but often unflinching portrayals of its horrors, the author covers a wide range of topics, including the impact of slavery on popular culture, the Underground Railroad, Maroon communities, and the Los Angeles Film Rebellion of the 1960s. As a result, this book delivers a comprehensive, readable, and timely examination of enslaved African Americans and slavery in America's film history.
Caron Knauer teaches English at LaGuardia Community College, USA.
