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Boyz n the hood : shifting Hollywood terrain / Joi Carr.
Van Pelt Library PN1997.B7188 C38 2023
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Carr, Joi, author.
- Series:
- Framing film
- Framing film : the history & art of cinema
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Boyz n the hood (Motion picture).
- Singleton, John, 1968-2019--Criticism and interpretation.
- Singleton, John.
- Singleton, John, 1968-2019.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- xxvii, 448 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm.
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Peter Lang, [2023]
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: pt. I Prologue
- "I Am an Invisible Man": Boyz and the Literary and Cinematic Imagination
- Boyz Getting Behind Language: Invisibility and the Literary and Cinematic Imagination
- Ellison's Invisible Man (1952): Mediating Self-Knowledge Through Messianic Language
- Van Peebles's Sweetback (1971): Invisible Mans Cinematic Appearance
- Boyz in Context: The Streets of the Southland and Invisibility
- 1. Singleton's Cinematic Voice
- 2. Boyz N the Hood: Shifting the Terrain of Urban Cinema
- 3. A "Soulful" Director: An Interview with John Singleton
- 4. Launching Singleton's Career: An Interview with Steve Nicolaides, Producer
- 5. Principal Cast and Crew: Reflective Perspectives on Boyz
- Featured Interviews An Actor's Actor: Close up on Boyz with Tyra Ferrell Spotlight on Laurence Fishburne: The Treatment with Elvis Mitchell
- PART II
- 6. Original Boyz Press Kit
- 7. Original Screenplay: Boyz N the Hood by John Singleton
- PART III
- 8. Critical Perspectives on Boyz N the Hood
- Between Apocalypse and Redemption: John Singleton's Boyz N the Hood / Michael Eric Dyson
- Mapping the Hood: The Genealogy of City Space in Boyz N the Hood and Menace II Society / Paula J. Massood
- Two Takes on Boyz N the Hood / Jacquie Jones
- "A Gritty Boyz N the Hood Ushers in a New Phase of Cinema" / Kenneth Turan
- "A Chance to Confound Fate" / Janet Maslin
- "Boyz N the Hood (R)," by Desson Howe "Boyz N the Hood (R)" / Rita Kempley.
- Notes:
- Previous edition: 2018.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781433189760
- 1433189763
- 1433196964
- 9781433196966
- OCLC:
- 1251502517
- Publisher Number:
- 99993272422
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