Boyz N the Hood

Shifting Hollywood Terrain

Omschrijving

In 1991, Boyz N the Hood made history as an important film text and the impetus for a critical national conversation about American urban life in African American communities, especially for young urban black males. Boyz N the Hood: Shifting Hollywood Terrain is an interdisciplinary examination of this iconic film and its impact in cinematic history and American culture. This interdisciplinary approach provides an in-depth critical perspective of Boyz N the Hood as the embodiment of the blues: how Boyz intimates a world beyond the symbolic world Singleton posits, how its fictive stance pivots to a constituent truth in the real world. Boyz speaks from the first person perspective on the state of being invisible. Through a subjective narrative point of view, Singleton interrogates the veracity of this claim regarding invisibility and provides deep insight into this social reality. This book is as much about the filmmaker as it is about the film. It explores John Singleton's cinematic voice and helps explicate his propensity for a type of folk element in his work (the oral tradition and lore). In addition, this text features critical perspectives from the filmmaker himself and other central figures attached to the production, including a first-hand account of production behind the scenes by Steve Nicolaides, Boyz's producer. The text includes Singleton's original screenplay and a range of critical articles and initial movie reviews. This book explores John Singleton’s cinematic voice and helps explicate his propensity for the folk elements in his work (the oral tradition and lore).
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Carr, Joi
Titel
Boyz N the Hood
Uitgever
Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Jaar
2018
Taal
Engels
Pagina's
442
Gewicht
752 gr
EAN
9781433146374
Afmetingen
231 x 154 x 32 mm
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