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White robes, silver screens : movies and the making of the Ku Klux Klan / Tom Rice.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rice, Tom, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ku Klux Klan (1915- )--In motion pictures.
- Ku Klux Klan (1915- ).
- Ku Klux Klan (1915- )--History.
- Birth of a nation (Motion picture)--Influence.
- Birth of a nation (Motion picture).
- Motion picture industry--Political aspects--United States--History--20th century.
- Motion picture industry.
- Motion pictures in propaganda--United States--History--20th century.
- Motion pictures in propaganda.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (251 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington, Indiana ; Indianapolis, [Indiana] : Indiana University Press, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- White Robes, Silver Screens highlights the ways in which the Klan used, produced, and protested against film in order to recruit members, generate publicity, and define its role within American society.
- Contents:
- Preface
- Re-birth: the Birth of a nation and the growth of the Klan
- The battle: censorship, reform, and the Klan's campaign against the film industry
- Klan cinema: the Klan as producer and exhibitor
- On mainstream screens: the film industry's response to the Klan
- Epilogue.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780253018489
- 025301848X
- OCLC:
- 928716774
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