Fire and Desire: Mixed-Race Movies in the Silent Era

by Jane M. Gaines

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In the silent era, American cinema was defined by two separate and parallel industries, with white and black companies producing films for their respective, segregated audiences. Jane Gaines's highly anticipated new book reconsiders the race films of this era with an ambitious historical and theoretical agenda.

Fire and Desire offers a penetrating look at the black independent film movement during the silent period. Gaines traces the...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0226278751

ISBN13:9780226278759

Release Date:February 2001

Publisher:University of Chicago Press

Length:352 Pages

Weight:1.10 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

African-American Studies Arts, Music & Photography Film & Television Humor & Entertainment Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Movies Performing Arts Social Science Social Sciences Specific Demographics Textbooks

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