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by Krin Gabbard

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Why do so many African American film characters seem to have magical powers? And why do they use them only to help white people? When the actors are white, why is the sound track so commonly performed by African Americans? And why do so many white actors imitate black people when they wish to express strong emotion?

As Krin Gabbard brilliantly reveals in Black Magic, we duly recognize the cultural heritage of African Americans in literature, music, and art, but there is a disturbing pattern in the roles that blacks are asked to play-particularly in the movies. Many recent films, including The Matrix, Fargo, The Green Mile, Ghost, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Pleasantville, The Bridges of Madison County, and Crumb, reveal a fascination with black music and sexuality even as they preserve the old racial hierarchies. Quite often the dependence on African American culture remains hidden-although it is almost perversely pervasive. In the final chapters of Black Magic, Gabbard looks at films by Robert Altman and Spike Lee that attempt to reverse many of these widespread trends.

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  • Title Black Magic: White Hollywood and African American Culture
  • Author Krin Gabbard
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 59256th
  • Pages 344
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Rutgers University Press
  • Publication date 2004-03-30
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Index
  • ISBN 9780813533841 / 0813533848
  • Weight 1.28 lbs (0.58 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.2 x 6.28 x 0.73 in (23.37 x 15.95 x 1.85 cm)
  • Category Pop Arts / Pop Culture
  • Library of Congress subjects Culture in motion pictures, Motion picture music - History and criticism
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2003020083
  • Dewey Decimal Code 791.436

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Citations

  • Booklist, 05/15/2004, Page 1588
  • Multicultural Review, 12/01/2004, Page 62

About the author

Krin Gabbard is a professor of comparative literature and English at the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He is the author most recently of Jammin' at the Margins: Jazz and American Culture.
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