Black on Black: Urban Youth Films and the Multicultural Audience

Black on Black: Urban Youth Films and the Multicultural Audience
ISBN-10
1461656885
ISBN-13
9781461656883
Series
Black on Black
Category
Social Science
Pages
152
Language
English
Published
2006-05-03
Publisher
Scarecrow Press
Author
Celeste A. Fisher

Description

Images of violent black masculinity are not new in American culture, but in the late 1980s and early '90s, the social and economic climate in the country contributed to an unprecedented number of films about ghetto life. And while Hollywood reaped financial gains from these depictions, the rest of the country saw an ever widening 'opportunity gap' between marginalized groups and mainstream society, as well as an increase in juvenile violence. These events added to the existing discomfort of the viewing public with representations of young black males living in urban ghettos.

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