Playing the Race Card: Melodramas of Black and White from Uncle Tom to O.J. SimpsonPrinceton University Press, 23 wrz 2002 - 401 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 Americans' understanding of race. So argues Linda Williams in this boldly inquisitive book, where she probes the bitterly divisive racial sentiments aroused by such recent events as O. J. Simpson's criminal trial. Williams, the author of Hard Core, explores how these images took root, beginning with melodramatic theater, where suffering characters acquire virtue through victimization. |
Spis treści
The Melos of Black | 136 |
Alex Haleys and TVs Roots | 220 |
California v Powell | 252 |
Conclusion Our Melodramatic Racial Fix | 296 |
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