Forgeries of Memory and Meaning: Blacks and the Regimes of Race in American Theater and Film before World War II

by Cedric J. Robinson

Book Overview

Cedric J. Robinson offers a new understanding of race in America through his analysis of theater and film of the early twentieth century. He argues that economic, political, and cultural forces present in the eras of silent film and the early "talkies" firmly entrenched limited representations of African Americans.

Robinson grounds his study in contexts that illuminate the parallel growth of racial beliefs and capitalism, beginning with Shakespearean...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807858412
• ISBN13: 9780807858417
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 456 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.2"