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Black rodeo : a history of the African American western / Mia Mask.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2023]Description: xv, 275 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780252044878
  • 0252044878
  • 9780252086977
  • 025208697X
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Football Heroes Invade Hollywood -- Black Masculinity on Horseback: From Duel at Diablo to Buck and the Preacher -- Blaxplotation versus Black Liberation: The Nigger Charley trilogy -- Harlem Rides the Range: Nobody Told You There Were Black Cowboys -- Westerns and Westploitation: Brothas and Sistas at the O.K. Corral.
Summary: "African American westerns have a rich cinematic history and visual culture. Mia Mask examines the African American western hero within the larger context of film history by considering how Black westerns evolved and approached wide-ranging goals. Woody Strode's 1950s transformation from football star to actor was the harbinger of hard-edged western heroes later played by Jim Brown and Fred Williamson. Sidney Poitier's Buck and the Preacher provided a narrative helmed by a groundbreaking African American director and offered unconventionally rich roles for women. Mask moves from these discussions to consider blaxploitation westerns and an analysis of Jeff Kanew's hard-to-find 1972 documentary about an all-Black rodeo. The book addresses how these movies set the stage for modern-day westploitation films like Django Unchained. A first-of-its kind survey, Black Rodeo illuminates the figure of the Black cowboy while examining the intersection of African American film history and the western"-- Provided by publisher.
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 791.4308 M397 Available 33111010967616
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African American westerns have a rich cinematic history and visual culture. Mia Mask examines the African American western hero within the larger context of film history by considering how Black westerns evolved and approached wide-ranging goals. Woody Strode's 1950s transformation from football star to actor was the harbinger of hard-edged western heroes later played by Jim Brown and Fred Williamson. Sidney Poitier's Buck and the Preacher provided a narrative helmed by a groundbreaking African American director and offered unconventionally rich roles for women. Mask moves from these discussions to consider blaxploitation westerns and an analysis of Jeff Kanew's hard-to-find 1972 documentary about an all-Black rodeo. The book addresses how these movies set the stage for modern-day westploitation films like Django Unchained . 

A first-of-its kind survey, Black Rodeo illuminates the figure of the Black cowboy while examining the intersection of African American film history and the western.

Includes bibliographical references, filmography, and index.

Football Heroes Invade Hollywood -- Black Masculinity on Horseback: From Duel at Diablo to Buck and the Preacher -- Blaxplotation versus Black Liberation: The Nigger Charley trilogy -- Harlem Rides the Range: Nobody Told You There Were Black Cowboys -- Westerns and Westploitation: Brothas and Sistas at the O.K. Corral.

"African American westerns have a rich cinematic history and visual culture. Mia Mask examines the African American western hero within the larger context of film history by considering how Black westerns evolved and approached wide-ranging goals. Woody Strode's 1950s transformation from football star to actor was the harbinger of hard-edged western heroes later played by Jim Brown and Fred Williamson. Sidney Poitier's Buck and the Preacher provided a narrative helmed by a groundbreaking African American director and offered unconventionally rich roles for women. Mask moves from these discussions to consider blaxploitation westerns and an analysis of Jeff Kanew's hard-to-find 1972 documentary about an all-Black rodeo. The book addresses how these movies set the stage for modern-day westploitation films like Django Unchained. A first-of-its kind survey, Black Rodeo illuminates the figure of the Black cowboy while examining the intersection of African American film history and the western"-- Provided by publisher.

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