{"product_id":"celluloid-chains-slavery-in-the-americas-through-film-paperback","title":"Celluloid Chains: Slavery in the Americas through Film - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRudyard Alcocer\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eKristen Block\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eDawn Duke\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Featuring a variety of disciplinary perspectives and analytical approaches, \u003ci\u003eCelluloid Chains \u003c\/i\u003eis the most comprehensive volume to date on films about slavery. This collection examines works from not only the United States but elsewhere in the Americas, and it attests to slavery's continuing importance as a source of immense fascination for filmmakers and their audiences. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Each of the book's fifteen original essays focuses on a particular film that directly treats the enslavement of Africans and their descendants in the New World. Beginning with an essay on the Cuban film \u003ci\u003eEl otro Francisco \u003c\/i\u003e(1975), Sergio Giral's reworking of a nineteenth-century abolitionist novel, the book proceeds to examine such works as the landmark miniseries \u003ci\u003eRoots \u003c\/i\u003e(1977), which sparked intense controversy over its authenticity; Werner Herzog's \u003ci\u003eCobra Verde \u003c\/i\u003e(1987), which raises questions about what constitutes a slavery film; Guy Deslauriers's \u003ci\u003ePassage du milieu \u003c\/i\u003e(1999), a documentary-style reconstruction of what Africans experienced during the Middle Passage; and Steve McQueen's Oscar-winning \u003ci\u003e12 Years a Slave \u003c\/i\u003e(2013), which embodies the tensions between faithfully adapting a nineteenth-century slave narrative and bending it for modern purposes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Films about slavery have shown a special power to portray the worst and best of humanity, and \u003ci\u003eCelluloid Chains \u003c\/i\u003eis an essential guide to this important genre. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRUDYARD J. ALCOCER\u003c\/b\u003e holds the Forrest and Patsy Shumway Chair of Excellence in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eTime Travel in the Latin American and Caribbean Imagination: Re-reading History\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKRISTEN BLOCK\u003c\/b\u003e is an associate professor of history at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eOrdinary Lives in the Early Caribbean: Religion, Colonial Competition, and the Politics of Profit. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDAWN DUKE\u003c\/b\u003e is an associate professor of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eLiterary Passion, Ideological Commitment: Toward a Legacy of Afro-Cuban and Afro-Brazilian Women Writers.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 372\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 16, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47464716599549,"sku":"9781621905486","price":87.93,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/xy5oPd1G8P9781621905486.webp?v=1777261610","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/celluloid-chains-slavery-in-the-americas-through-film-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}