An edition of Playing the race card (2001)

Playing the race card

melodramas of black and white from Uncle Tom to O.J. Simpson

by

  • 0 Ratings
  • 3 Want to read
  • 0 Currently reading
  • 0 Have read
Cover of: Playing the race card by Linda Williams
Preview Only

My Reading Lists:

Create a new list

Check-In

×Close
Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
Today
Notes
  • 0 Ratings
  • 3 Want to read
  • 0 Currently reading
  • 0 Have read
Notes

Check nearby libraries

Buy this book

Last edited by MARC Bot
November 13, 2023 | History
Edit
An edition of Playing the race card (2001)

Playing the race card

melodramas of black and white from Uncle Tom to O.J. Simpson

by

  • 0 Ratings
  • 3 Want to read
  • 0 Currently reading
  • 0 Have read

"The black man suffering at the hands of whites, the white woman sexually threatened by the black man. Both images have long been burned into the American conscience through popular entertainment, and today they exert a powerful and disturbing influence on American's understanding of race. So argues Linda Williams in this inquisitive book, where she probes the bitterly divisive racial sentiments aroused by such recent events as O. J. Simpson's criminal trial.

Williams, the author of Hard Core, explores how these images took root, beginning with melodramatic theater, where suffering characters acquire virtue through victimization."--BOOK JACKET.

Publish Date
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Language
English
Pages
401

Check nearby libraries

Buy this book

Previews available in: English

Subjects
Race relations, African Americans in mass media, Race identity, Mass media and race relations, Racism in popular culture, Popular culture, African Americans in popular culture, Psychological aspects of Popular culture, American Melodrama, Social aspects, Psychological aspects, African American men, Social aspects of American melodrama, Women, White, White Women, Melodrama, American, Mélodrame américain, Noirs américains dans la culture populaire, Hommes noirs américains, Populaire cultuur, Films, Schwarze, Stereotypen, Massenkultur, Médias et relations raciales, Geschichte 1853-1995, Racisme dans la culture populaire, Rassenverhoudingen, Beeldvorming, Ethnische Beziehungen, Stereotyp, Aspect social, Literatur, Drama, Aspect psychologique, Melodramatische films, Blanches, Culture populaire, Identité ethnique, Massenmedien, Weiße, Relations raciales, Noirs américains dans les médias, Rassenbeziehung (Motiv), Film, Geschichte, Popular culture, united states, United states, race relations, New York Times reviewed
Places
United States

Showing 1 featured edition. View all 1 editions?

Edition Availability
Cover of: Playing the race card
Playing the race card: melodramas of black and white from Uncle Tom to O.J. Simpson
2001, Princeton University Press
in English
Libraries near you: WorldCat

Add another edition?

Book Details

Published in

Princeton, N.J

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [369]-384) and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
305.8
Library of Congress
E185.625 .W523 2001, E185.625.W523 2001, P94.5 .M552 U67 2001, E 185.625 W523 2001

The Physical Object

Pagination
xviii, 401 p. :
Number of pages
401

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL6792788M
Internet Archive
playingracecardm00will
ISBN 10
0691058008
LCCN
00058467
OCLC/WorldCat
44586476
Library Thing
36035
Goodreads
904655

Links outside Open Library

Community Reviews (0)

Feedback?
No community reviews have been submitted for this work.

Lists

See All

History

Download catalog record: RDF / JSON / OPDS | Wikipedia citation
November 13, 2023 Edited by MARC Bot import existing book
March 8, 2023 Edited by MARC Bot import existing book
December 4, 2022 Edited by ImportBot import existing book
August 18, 2021 Edited by MARC Bot import existing book
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user Imported from Scriblio MARC record.