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The Colored cartoon : Black representation in American animated short films, 1907-1954 /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lehman, Christopher P.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amherst : University of Massachusetts Press, [2007]
Subjects:
Blacks in motion pictures.
Animated films > United States > History and criticism.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: The Blackness of animation
  • The silent era
  • The arrival of sound
  • Black characterizations
  • Fred "Tex" Avery and "Trickster" animation
  • Black representation and World War II political concerns
  • African American representation and changing race relations
  • United productions and the end of animated Black representation
  • Conclusion: The legacy of animated African American expression.