Beschreibung:
This book examines a number of blaxploitation films - including Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970), Blacula (1972), and The Mack (1973) - and illustrates the manner in which 'blaxploitation' came to be understood as a separate genre.
Introduction: The Historic Labeling of Blackness in Cinema 1. "Two Detectives Only a Mother Could Love!": Cotton Comes to Harlem and the Detective Genre 2. "Deadlier than Dracula!": Blacula and the Horror Genre 3. "Now that You've Seen the Rest...Make Way for the Biggest and the Best!": The Mack and the Gangster Genre 4. "6 feet 2" and All of it Dynamite!": Cleopatra Jones and the Cop Action Genre Conclusion: The Demise and Aftermath of the Blaxploitation Movement