Title Black rodeo : a history of the African American western / Mia Mask.

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Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2023]

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Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department	791.4308 MASK	Check Shelf
Windsor, Wilson Branch - Adult Department	791.4308996 MA	Check Shelf

Description	xv, 275 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references, filmography, and index.
Contents	Football Heroes Invade Hollywood -- Black Masculinity on Horseback: From Duel at Diablo to Buck and the Preacher -- Blaxplotation versus Black Liberation: The Nigger Charley trilogy -- Harlem Rides the Range: Nobody Told You There Were Black Cowboys -- Westerns and Westploitation: Brothas and Sistas at the O.K. Corral.
Summary	"African American westerns have a rich cinematic history and visual culture. Mia Mask examines the African American western hero within the larger context of film history by considering how Black westerns evolved and approached wide-ranging goals. Woody Strode's 1950s transformation from football star to actor was the harbinger of hard-edged western heroes later played by Jim Brown and Fred Williamson. Sidney Poitier's Buck and the Preacher provided a narrative helmed by a groundbreaking African American director and offered unconventionally rich roles for women. Mask moves from these discussions to consider blaxploitation westerns and an analysis of Jeff Kanew's hard-to-find 1972 documentary about an all-Black rodeo. The book addresses how these movies set the stage for modern-day westploitation films like Django Unchained. A first-of-its kind survey, Black Rodeo illuminates the figure of the Black cowboy while examining the intersection of African American film history and the western"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject	African Americans in motion pictures.
	Western films -- United States -- History and criticism.
	African American cowboys in motion pictures.
	African Americans in the motion picture industry.
	African American cowboys.
	Race in motion pictures.
	PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Genres / Westerns.
	SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / American / African American & Black Studies.
	African American cowboys. (OCoLC)fst00799125
	African Americans in motion pictures. (OCoLC)fst00799733
	African Americans in the motion picture industry. (OCoLC)fst00799738
	Race in motion pictures. (OCoLC)fst01086507
	Western films. (OCoLC)fst01174006
	United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form	Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
	Film criticism.
Other Form:	Online version: Mask, Mia, 1969- Black rodeo Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 2023 9780252054020 (DLC) 2022030918
ISBN	9780252044878 (cloth)
	0252044878 (cloth)
	9780252086977 (paperback)
	025208697X (paperback)
	9780252054020 (ebook)

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