Black Rodeo
A History of the African American Western
Edition number: First Edition
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Date of Publication: 22 February 2023
Number of Volumes: Paperback
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Product details:
| ISBN13: | 9780252086977 |
| ISBN10: | 025208697X |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| No. of pages: | 296 pages |
| Size: | 229x152x23 mm |
| Weight: | 513 g |
| Language: | English |
| Illustrations: | 25 color photographs, 17 black & white photographs |
| 590 |
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Long description:
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.?
"This is a book for movie buffs, Black history enthusiasts, and anyone who appreciates solid research and good storytelling." --Roundup Magazine
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.
"This is a book for movie buffs, Black history enthusiasts, and anyone who appreciates solid research and good storytelling." --Roundup Magazine
Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments
Introduction
- Football Heroes Invade Hollywood
- Black Masculinity on Horseback: From Duel at Diablo to Buck and the Preacher
- Blaxplotation versus Black Liberation: The Charley Trilogy
- Harlem Rides the Range: Nobody Told You There Were Black Cowboys
- Westerns and Westploitation: Brothas and Sistas at the O.K. Corral
Notes
Filmography
Bibliography
Index
