The devil finds work: an essay

by Baldwin, James

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Title Statements

Full title :The devil finds work : an essay / James Baldwin.

Summary

James Baldwin At The Movies ... Provocative, timeless, brilliant. Bette Davis's eyes, Joan Crawford's bitchy elegance, Stepin Fetchit's stereotype, Sidney Poitier's superhuman black man ... These are the movie stars and the qualities that influenced James Baldwin ... and now become part of his incisive look at racism in American movies. Baldwin challenges the underlying assumptions in such films as In the Heat of the Night, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, and The Exorcist, offering us a vision of America's self-delusions and deceptions. Here are our loves and hates, biases and cruelties, fears and ignorance reflected by the films that have entertained us and shaped our consciousness. And here, too, is the stunning prose of a writer whose passion never diminished his struggle for equality, justice, and social change. From The Birth of a Nation to The Exorcist--one of America's most important writers turns his critical eye to American film.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©1976
Edition:First Vintage International edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Vintage International
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:©1976

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (127 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780804149686, 0804149682, 9781299823112, 1299823114
oclc:ocn858912190
LC Classification:PS3552.A45
Dewey Decimal:814/.54

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Subjects

African Americans in motion pictures Baldwin, James Criticism, interpretation, etc LITERARY COLLECTIONS -- Essays Motion picture plays, American Motion picture plays, American -- Histo… Noirs américains au cinéma Performing arts Scénarios de cinéma américains -- Histo…