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Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies and Bucks : An Interpretive History of Blacks in American Films

ISBN: 9780826415189 | 0826415180
Edition: 4th
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Academic
Pub. Date: 9/1/2003

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SummaryTable of ContentsAuthor Biography
This special anniversary gift edition of the enduring study of black images in motion pictures is issued to celebrate thirty years since original publcation. For all serious filmgoers and collectors, Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies, and Bucks is an essential resource. It has not been available in hardcover for many years. This Fourth Edition, originally published in paperback at the close of 2001, thus covers the entire 20th century.
Illustrationsxi
Preface to the Fourth Editionxv
Introductionxix
1 Black Beginnings: from Uncle Tom's Cabin to The Birth of a Nation3(16)
The Tom
... MORE		4(3)
The Coon
7(2)
The Tragic Mulatto
9(1)
The Mammy
9(1)
The Brutal Black Buck and The Birth of a Nation
10(9)
2 Into the 1920's: the Jesters19(16)
3 The 1930's: the Servants35(66)
High-Steppin' Sir Stepin
38(7)
Waiting on West and Serving Shirley
45(2)
Mr. Bojangles: the Cool-Eyed Tom
47(6)
Clarence Muse: The Inhibited, Humanized Tom Standing in a Corner by Himself
53(4)
Imitation of Life: Mother Knows Best
57(3)
Iridescent Fredi: Black Girl in Search of a Black Role
60(2)
Louise Beavers: the Black Guardian Angel
62(5)
The Green Pastures
67(2)
Rex Ingram: First of the Freed Black Men
69(2)
Stepin's Step-Chillun
71(6)
Rochester: The Gentleman's Gentleman
77(5)
Hi-Hat Hattie
82(4)
Gone with the Wind: Black Realities and the End of a Tradition
86(8)
Paul Robeson: the Black Colossus
94(7)
4 The Interlude: Black-Market Cinema101(16)
Oscar Micheaux
109(8)
5 The 1940'S: the Entertainers, the New Negroes, and the Problem People117(42)
THE ENTERTAINERS
118(18)
Hazel Scott: Miss Proper Middle-Class Lady
122(3)
Lena Horne: Black Beauty in Residence
125(3)
Cabin in the Sky
128(3)
Stormy Weather
131(1)
Bits and Pieces of Black Action
132(3)
Song of the South
135(1)
THE NEW NEGROES: AN INTERIM
136(7)
THE PROBLEM PEOPLE
143(16)
Home of the Brave and the Postwar Good Sensitive Negro
144(3)
Lost Boundaries' Tragic Mulattoes
147(3)
Pinky's Tragic Mulatto and Its Strong Black Woman
150(4)
Intruder in the Dust and the Defiantly Proud Black Man
154(5)
6 The 1950'S: Black Stars159(35)
Ethel Waters: Earth Mother for an Alienated Age
161(5)
Dorothy Dandridge: Apotheosis of the Mulatto
166(9)
Sidney Poitier: Hero for an Integrationist Age
175(8)
Black Odds and Ends
183(11)
7 The 1960'S: Problem People into Militants194(37)
Steps Forward
196(4)
Black Art Films
200(4)
A Step Backward: Ossie Davis and Gone Are the Days
204(2)
Along the Road, in Harlem, and on the Subway
206(2)
Way Down in de New Ole South with Tom-Tom, Miss Bronze Barbie Doll, and Ms. Militant Mammy
208(5)
A Man Called Adam and Sammy Davis, Jr.'s, Bid for Movie Stardom
213(2)
Super Sidney of the 1960'S
215(5)
Jim Brown: Black Buck Hero for a Separatist Age
220(3)
The New-Style Black Film
223(8)
8 The 1970'S: Bucks and a Black Movie Boom231(36)
Preludes
232(2)
Melvin Van Peebles: The Black Movie Director as Folk Hero
234(4)
Shaft: He's a Badd Mother-Shut Your Mouth
238(1)
Super Fly: Mixed Messages
239(2)
Buckmania
241(2)
The Jock as Movie Star
243(2)
Lady Sings the Blues: Black Stars, Black Romance
245(1)
Sounder
246(4)
Sidney Strikes Again
250(1)
Superbadd, Supermama
251(1)
Sisters in Distress
252(4)
Other Films, Other Voices
256(3)
Richard Pryor: The Crazy Nigger as Conquering Hero
259(5)
The Wiz
264(3)
9 The 1980'S: Black Superstars and the Era of Tan267(57)
Holding Up the Fort
268(2)
Dramatic Possibilities
270(1)
Buddy Buddy
271(5)
Richard Pryor, Superstar: The Ups and Downs
276(5)
Trading Places: Eddie Murphy
281(6)
A Soldiers Story
287(1)
Say It with Music
288(2)
Different Directions
290(1)
Women: As Exotics and Non-racials
291(1)
A Controversy about Color
292(5)
Whipping Whoopi
297(1)
Independents
298(3)
Hollywood and the Race Theme
301(1)
Burning History: The White Man's Burden
301(3)
The Bird Doesn't Fly
304(2)
Focusing on Apartheid
306(3)
Bringing History to Light: Glory
309(2)
Denzel Washington: On the Road to Stardom
311(1)
Driving Miss Daisy: The Matter of Perspective
311(4)
Morgan Freeman: The Long Journey to Get There
315(2)
Other Films
317(1)
Sidney Returns
318(1)
Closing the Era on the Right Note
318(6)
10 The 1990'S: New Stars, New Filmmakers, and a New African American Cinema324(111)
The Good, the Bad, the Bonded, the Typed
327(2)
Whoopi's Back
329(7)
An Emerging New African American Cinema
336(2)
Charles Burnett: A New Career Direction
338(2)
A Breakthrough Year
340(1)
New Jack Movies
341(2)
A Black New Wave
343(1)
John Singleton's South Central
343(4)
Rising from the Dust
347(2)
More by Spike
349(13)
Other New Directors and Films
362(5)
Carl Franklin: Film Noir from Another Point of View
367(3)
Actresses in Search of Roles
370(2)
Waiting to Exhale: Reaching the Black Female Audience
372(5)
Angela Bassett: Still Holding Her Breath
377(1)
Whitney Houston: Pop Goddess Turned Movie Star
378(5)
Post-Exhale Women
383(6)
Oprah's Opus: Beloved
389(4)
Movies for the Smart Young Hip Crowd: love jones and Love and Basketball
393(2)
New Actors
395(7)
Eddie Murphy: All Grown Up, Looking for a Place to Go
402(3)
Laurence Fishburne: From Child Actor to Leading Man
405(2)
Wesley Snipes: Action Hero
407(6)
Character Actors Turned Stars: Morgan Freeman and Samuel L. Jackson
413(10)
Denzel Washington: Leading Man, Occasional Romantic Hero, Enduring Superstar
423(6)
Throwbacks to the Past
429(6)
Index435
Donald Bogle, one of the foremost authorities on African Americans in film, is the author of two other prize-winning books. Dorothy Dandridge: A Biography and Prime Time Blues: African Americans on Network Television have won wide critical acclaim. His Brown Sugar: Eighty Years of America's Black Female Superstars was turned into a highly successful four-part documentary series by Mr. Bogle for PBS. He is also the author of Blacks in American Films and Television: An Illustrated Encyclopedia. Mr. Bogle lives in New York City

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