The films of John Singleton / edited by Daniel Dufournaud.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dufournaud, Daniel, editor.

Series:

ReFocus, the American directors series

ReFocus: the American directors series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Singleton, John, 1968-2019--Criticism and interpretation.

Singleton, John.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations.

Other Title:

ReFocus. The films of John Singleton

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2025]

Contents:

Failed mothers in Boyz N the Hood and Baby Boy / Indya J. Jackson

Can daddy save the day? On John Singleton’s use of realist fantasy in Boyz N the Hood, Baby Boy, and Rosewood / Angela Tharpe

Black men loving Black men and the centrality of women in John Singleton’s films : A BlackCrit, queer, feminist analysis / Martez Files, Dominique J. Hector, and Victor Terry

Running from predation : Hush harbors and the place of Black student (bodies) in Higher Learning / Khirsten L. Scott and Ariana Denise Brazier

“Hope to God there’s another place that’s better than this” : Blues spaces and The Pittsburgh Cycle in John Singleton’s Boyz N the Hood and Baby Boy / Trevon Pegram

Love and Black privacy : Watching John Singleton with James Baldwin / Daniel Dufournaud

The shadow of the past : Hauntology, melancholia, and Rosewood as reparative narrative / Ed Cameron and Linda Belau

“The ghetto Game of Thrones” : Snowfall, auteur theory, and historiographic television / Daniel Dufournaud.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (De Gruyter Brill, viewed November 2, 2025).

Other Format:

Print version: Films of John Singleton

ISBN:

9781399544061

1399544063

9781399544054

1399544055

OCLC:

1530777948

Publisher Number:

CIPO000258398

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license