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The Devil Finds Work
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The Devil Finds Work Mass market paperbound - 1990

by James A. Baldwin

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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," "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner," and "The Exorcist," offering us a vision of America's self-delusions and deceptions. Here are our loves and hates, biases and cruelties, fears and ignorance reflected by the films that have entertained us and shaped our consciousness. And here, too, is the stunning prose of a writer whose passion never diminished his struggle for equality, justice, and social change.
From "The Birth of a Nation" to "The Exorcist"--one of America's most important writers turns his critical eye to American film.

"From the Trade Paperback edition."

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JOAN CRAWFORD'S STRAIGHT, narrow, and lonely back.

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  • Title The Devil Finds Work
  • Author James A. Baldwin
  • Binding Mass Market Paperbound
  • Edition [ Edition: repri
  • Pages 148
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Laurel Press, New York
  • Publication date February 1, 1990
  • ISBN 9780440206613 / 0440206618
  • Weight 0.19 lbs (0.09 kg)
  • Dimensions 6.72 x 4.17 x 0.48 in (17.07 x 10.59 x 1.22 cm)
  • Category Pop Arts / Pop Culture
  • Library of Congress subjects Motion picture plays - History and criticism, Afro-Americans in motion pictures
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 00003447
  • Dewey Decimal Code 791.430

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N Y: Dell, 1990. First Edition. Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. A clean, unmarked book. Light wear to cover. Age-toned pages. Slightly warped text block. The glue in this perfect-bound book is over 30 years old and so the binding may be fragile. Appears to be First Edition with the number ""1"" present in the number line. A 1976 essay in which the author examines Hollywood cinema through the lens of race, analyzing films from Birth of a Nation through The Exorcist to explore how American movies have reflected and distorted the Black experience. Keywords: Film Criticism, Black Spectatorship, Racial Representation, Exorcist Film, In the Heat of Night, Guess Who Dinner, Birth of Nation, Hollywood Racism, African American Identity, American Cinema History, Race and Film, Essay Collection
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