Horror noire : : blacks in American horror films from the 1890s to present / / Robin R. Means Coleman.
From King Kong to Candyman, the boundary-pushing genre of the horror film has always been a site for provocative explorations of race in American popular culture. In Horror Noire: Blacks in American Horror Films from 1890's to Present, Robin R. Means Coleman traces the history of notable charac...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York : : Routledge,, 2011. |
| Year of Publication: | 2011 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (294 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : studying blacks and horror films
- The birth of the black boogeyman: pre-1930s
- Jungle fever: a horror romance: 1930s
- Horrifying goons and minstrel coons: 1940s
- Black invisibility, white science, and a night with Ben: 1950s-1960s
- Scream, whitey, scream: retribution, enduring women and carnality: 1970s
- We always die first: invisibility, racial red-lining, and self-sacrifice: 1980s
- Black is back! retribution and the urban terrain: 1990s
- Conclusion: catching some zzzzz's: blackz and horror in the 21st century.