Toms, coons, mulattoes, mammies, and bucks : an interpretive history of Blacks in American films

This classic study of black images in American motion pictures, this year enjoys its thirtieth anniversary of continuous publication through four editions, and is now available in a special hardcover gift edition, having sold over 200,000 copies in paperback. It includes the entire 20th century through black images in film, from the silent era to the unequaled rise of the new African American cinema and stars of today. From Gone with the Wind and Carmen Jones to Shaft, Do the Right Thing, and Bamboozled, Donald Bogle reveals the way the image of blacks in American cinema has changed--and also the shocking way in which it has often remained the same. This special anniversary gift edition of the enduring study of black images in motion pictures is issued to celebrate thirty years since original publcation. For all serious filmgoers and collectors, Toms, Coons, Mulattoes, Mammies, and Bucks is an essential resource. It has not been available in hardcover for many years. This Fourth Edition, originally published in paperback at the close of 2001, thus covers the entire 20th century.Donald Bogle's work and this book in particular have had an unparalleled influence not only on students of film, but on the actors and filmmakers themselves. Beginning with the earliest stereotypes encountered in silent films, Bogle continues his tour, decade-by-decade, of the movies, directors, actors, and characters that have revolutionized Hollywood and American culture. All of the greats, past and present, are discussed at length: Eddie "Rochester" Anderson, Louis Armstrong, Pearl Bailey, Angela Bassett, Louise Beavers, Halle Berry, Willie Best, Jim Brown, Roscoe Lee Browne, Charles Burnett, Dorothy Dandridge, Ossie Davis, Sammy Davis Jr., Farina, Stepin Fetchit, Laurence Fishburne, Carl Franklin, Morgan Freeman, Whoopi Goldberg, Pam Grier, Juano Hernandez, Lena Horne, Whitney Houston, Allen and Albert Hughes, Samuel L. Jackson, Spike Lee, Hattie McDaniel, Nina Mae McKinney, Oscar Micheaux, Mantan Moreland, Eddie Murphy, Clarence Muse, the Nicholas Brothers, Euzhan Palcy, Melvin Van Peebles, Sidney Poitier, Richard Pryor, Queen Latifah, Paul Robeson, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson, Diana Ross, Richard Roundtree, John Singleton, Will Smith, Wesley Snipes, Cicely Tyson, Denzel Washington, Fredi Washington, Ethel Waters, Billy Dee Williams, Vanessa L. Williams, Paul Winfield, and countless others.From The Birth of a Nation, Gone with the Wind, Cabin in the Sky, and Carmen Jones to Shaft, Lady Sings the Blues, Driving Miss Daisy, Do the Right Thing, Boyz N the Hood, Daughters of the Dust, Malcolm X, Waiting to Exhale, and Bamboozled, Donald Bogle reveals the way in which the image of blacks in American movies has changed and also the shocking way in which it has often remained the same. This classic study of black images in American motion pictures has once again been completely revised and updated. It includes new sections on the end of the 1980s plus a chapter devoted to the unequaled rise of the new African American cinema and stars of the 1990s. Donald Bogie reveals the way in which the image of blacks in American movies has changed--and also the shocking way in which it has remained the same.

Completely updated and greatly expanded to include the explosion of black film stars and filmmakers that came out of the '70s and '80s, this comprehensive guide covers the entire history of African-Americans in films, from the shocking images in Birth of a Nation to Spike Lee's controversial Malcolm X. Photos. Index.

Completely updated to include the entire twentieth century, this new fourth edition covers all the latest directors, stars, and films including Summer of Sam, Jackie Brown, The Best Man, and The Hurricane. From The Birth of a Nation -- the ground-breaking work of independent filmmaker Oscar Micheaux -- and Gone with the Wind to the latest work by Spike Lee, John Singleton, Denzel Washington, and Will Smith, Donald Bogle reveals the ways in which the depiction of blacks in American movies has changed -- and the shocking ways in which it has remained the same. Black beginnings: from Uncle Tom's Cabin to The Birth of a Nation -- Into the 1920s: the jesters -- The 1930s: the servants -- The Interlude: black-market cinema -- The 1940s: the entertainers, the New Negroes, and the problem people -- The 1950s: black stars -- The 1960s: problem people into militants -- The 1970s: bucks and a black movie boom -- The 1980s: black superstars and the era of tan -- The 1990s: new stars, new filmmakers, and a new African American cinema --