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

by: Bogle, Donald

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

by: Bogle, Donald

ISBN 13:
9780826415189
ISBN 10:
0826415180
Edition: 4th
Format: Hardcover
Copyright: 09/01/2003
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Academic
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Summary

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.

Illustrations

Preface to the Fourth Edition

Introduction

xix

1 Black Beginnings: from Uncle Tom's Cabin to The Birth of a Nation

(16)

The Tom

(3)

The Coon

(2)

The Tragic Mulatto

(1)

The Mammy

(1)

The Brutal Black Buck and The Birth of a Nation

(9)

2 Into the 1920's: the Jesters

(16)

3 The 1930's: the Servants

(66)

High-Steppin' Sir Stepin

(7)

Waiting on West and Serving Shirley

(2)

Mr. Bojangles: the Cool-Eyed Tom

(6)

Clarence Muse: The Inhibited, Humanized Tom Standing in a Corner by Himself

(4)

Imitation of Life: Mother Knows Best

(3)

Iridescent Fredi: Black Girl in Search of a Black Role

(2)

Louise Beavers: the Black Guardian Angel

(5)

The Green Pastures

(2)

Rex Ingram: First of the Freed Black Men

(2)

Stepin's Step-Chillun

(6)

Rochester: The Gentleman's Gentleman

(5)

Hi-Hat Hattie

(4)

Gone with the Wind: Black Realities and the End of a Tradition

(8)

Paul Robeson: the Black Colossus

(7)

4 The Interlude: Black-Market Cinema

101

(16)

Oscar Micheaux

109

(8)

5 The 1940'S: the Entertainers, the New Negroes, and the Problem People

117

(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 Stars

159

(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 Militants

194

(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 Boom

231

(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 Tan

267

(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 Cinema

324

(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)

Index

435

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0826415180

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