Playing the race card : melodramas of black and white from Uncle Tom to O.J. Simpson
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Williams, Linda, 1946-
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LC Subjects
African American men -- Race identity.
African Americans in mass media.
African Americans in popular culture.
Mass media and race relations -- United States.
Melodrama, American -- Social aspects.
Popular culture -- United States -- Psychological aspects.
Racism in popular culture -- United States.
United States -- Race relations -- Psychological aspects.
Women, White -- Race identity -- United States.
OCLC Fast Subjects
African American men -- Race identity.
African Americans in mass media.
African Americans in popular culture.
Mass media and race relations.
Popular culture -- Psychological aspects.
Race relations -- Psychological aspects.
Racism in popular culture.
United States. -- https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq
Other Subjects
African American men -- Race identity.
African Americans in mass media.
African Americans in popular culture.
Beeldvorming.
Bibel -- Philemonbrief
Blanches -- Identité ethnique -- États-Unis.
Blanches -- Identité ethnique.
Culture populaire -- États-Unis -- Aspect psychologique.
Drama
Ethnische Beziehungen
Ethnische Beziehungen -- Motiv
Film
Films.
Geschichte
Geschichte 1853-1995.
Hommes noirs américains -- Identité ethnique.
Literatur
Mass media and race relations -- United States.
Massenkultur
Massenmedien
Melodrama, American -- Social aspects.
Melodramatische films.
Médias et relations raciales -- États-Unis.
Mélodrame américain -- Aspect social.
Noirs américains dans la culture populaire.
Noirs américains dans les médias.
Populaire cultuur.
Popular culture -- United States -- Psychological aspects.
Racism in popular culture -- United States.
Racisme dans la culture populaire -- États-Unis.
Rassenbeziehung (Motiv)
Rassenverhoudingen.
Schwarze
Schwärze
Stereotyp
Stereotypen.
United States -- Race relations.
USA
Weise, ...
Women, White -- Race identity -- United States.
États-Unis -- Relations raciales -- Aspect psychologique.

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xviii, 401 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 369-384) and index.
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"The black man suffering at the hands of whites, the white woman sexually threatened by the black man. Both images have long been burned into the American conscience through popular entertainment, and today they exert a powerful and disturbing influence on American's understanding of race. So argues Linda Williams in this inquisitive book, where she probes the bitterly divisive racial sentiments aroused by such recent events as O.J. Simpson's criminal trial. Williams, the author of Hard Core, explores how these images took root, beginning with melodramatic theater, where suffering characters acquire virtue through victimization."--Jacket.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Williams, L. (2001). Playing the race card: melodramas of black and white from Uncle Tom to O.J. Simpson . Princeton University Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Williams, Linda, 1946-. 2001. Playing the Race Card: Melodramas of Black and White From Uncle Tom to O.J. Simpson. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Williams, Linda, 1946-. Playing the Race Card: Melodramas of Black and White From Uncle Tom to O.J. Simpson Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2001.

Harvard Citation (style guide)

Williams, L. (2001). Playing the race card: melodramas of black and white from uncle tom to O.J. simpson. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Williams, Linda. Playing the Race Card: Melodramas of Black and White From Uncle Tom to O.J. Simpson Princeton University Press, 2001.

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