White screens, Black dance : race and masculinity in the United States at midcentury /
This resource highlights how several types of American masculinity were built through Black dance on mid-20th century film and television. It does so by analysing case studies of major period stars, both Black and white: the Nicholas Brothers, Gene Kelly, Elvis Presley, and Sammy Davis, Jr. In the p...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2025]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | This resource highlights how several types of American masculinity were built through Black dance on mid-20th century film and television. It does so by analysing case studies of major period stars, both Black and white: the Nicholas Brothers, Gene Kelly, Elvis Presley, and Sammy Davis, Jr. In the process, it also reveals the white stars' appropriation of Black culture through dance, which the author terms blackbodying. Both this practice and the midcentury models of masculinity that it describes are ultimately shown to remain with us today - on film, TV, and TikTok. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (unpaged) : illustrations. |
| Audience: | Specialized. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780197699119 0197699111 9780197699096 019769909X 9780197699102 0197699103 |