Playing the race card : melodramas of black and white from Uncle Tom to O.J. Simpson /

Playing the race card : melodramas of black and white from Uncle Tom to O.J. Simpson / Linda Williams.

"The black man suffering at the hands of whites, the white woman sexually threatened by the black man. Both images have long been burned into the American conscience through popular entertainment, and today they exert a powerful and disturbing influence on American's understanding of race....

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Main Author: Williams, Linda, 1946-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2001]
Subjects:
African Americans in popular culture.
Racism in popular culture > United States.
Melodrama, American > Social aspects.
Mass media and race relations > United States.
African Americans in mass media.
African American men > Race identity.
Women, White > Race identity > United States.
Popular culture > United States > Psychological aspects.
Racism.
Simmons University. > Library. > Gifts. Hilton
United States > Race relations > Psychological aspects.

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Call Number: E185.625 .W523 2001
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