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The devil finds work : an essay / James Baldwin.

By: Material type: TextLanguage: English Publication details: New York : Vintage International, 2011.Description: 127 p. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9780307275950
  • 0307275957
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 814
LOC classification:
  • PS 3552 B181d 2011
Online resources: Summary: James Baldwin At The Movies ...??Provocative, timeless, brilliant. Bette Davis's eyes, Joan Crawford's bitchy elegance, Stepin Fetchit's stereotype, Sidney Poitier's superhuman black man ...??These are the movie stars and the qualities that influenced James Baldwin ...??and now become part of his incisive look at racism in American movies. Baldwin challenges the underlying assumptions in such films as In the Heat of the Night, From The Birth of a Nation to The Exorcist--one of America's most important writers turns his critical eye to American film
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Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) PS 3552 B181d 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 3 Available 00000120633

James Baldwin At The Movies ...??Provocative, timeless, brilliant. Bette Davis's eyes, Joan Crawford's bitchy elegance, Stepin Fetchit's stereotype, Sidney Poitier's superhuman black man ...??These are the movie stars and the qualities that influenced James Baldwin ...??and now become part of his incisive look at racism in American movies. Baldwin challenges the underlying assumptions in such films as In the Heat of the Night, From The Birth of a Nation to The Exorcist--one of America's most important writers turns his critical eye to American film

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