Representations of Black Masculinity in Oscar Micheaux’s Silent Film Within Our Gates
My paper focuses on studying the representations of black masculinity in the Harlem Renaissance’s discourse, and investigates how these representations challenged the limited, reductive and one-dimensional stereotypes which were adopted and further disseminated by the popular culture of the time. To...
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| description | My paper focuses on studying the representations of black masculinity in the Harlem Renaissance’s discourse, and investigates how these representations challenged the limited, reductive and one-dimensional stereotypes which were adopted and further disseminated by the popular culture of the time. To do so, I will analyze a number of black male characters depicted in the silent film, Within Our Gates (1920), of the African American filmmaker Oscar Micheaux. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-57454b35b3094ea0acb09c05a75d3adb2022-12-22T02:01:46ZengSciendoRomanian Journal of English Studies2286-04282020-12-01171313710.1515/rjes-2020-0005rjes-2020-0005Representations of Black Masculinity in Oscar Micheaux’s Silent Film Within Our GatesChenini Fatma0University of DebrecenMy paper focuses on studying the representations of black masculinity in the Harlem Renaissance’s discourse, and investigates how these representations challenged the limited, reductive and one-dimensional stereotypes which were adopted and further disseminated by the popular culture of the time. To do so, I will analyze a number of black male characters depicted in the silent film, Within Our Gates (1920), of the African American filmmaker Oscar Micheaux.https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2020-0005black masculinityoscar micheauxrace filmsthe harlem renaissance |
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| title | Representations of Black Masculinity in Oscar Micheaux’s Silent Film Within Our Gates |
| title_full | Representations of Black Masculinity in Oscar Micheaux’s Silent Film Within Our Gates |
| title_fullStr | Representations of Black Masculinity in Oscar Micheaux’s Silent Film Within Our Gates |
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| title_short | Representations of Black Masculinity in Oscar Micheaux’s Silent Film Within Our Gates |
| title_sort | representations of black masculinity in oscar micheaux s silent film within our gates |
| topic | black masculinity oscar micheaux race films the harlem renaissance |
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