Hip Hop, Cinema and African American Perspectives
Edition: 3
Copyright: 2022
Pages: 94
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Hip Hop, Cinema and African American Perspectives offers theoretical analysis from film, cultural studies, and race perspectives. This e-book reflects an attempt to address these concerns in a way that privileges and contextualizes all three. Hip-hop cinema is framed as a phenomenon born within the United States and part of a continuum of many existing threads, such as resistance, celebrations of identity and of Black traditions. This publication secondarily acknowledges and explores the spread of hip-hop cinema among other ethnic groups and nationalities. It interlaces a broad range of areas and serves as a starting point for class discussion and individual student research. Each chapter offers a survey of positions by experts in many fields, as well as exercises to explore central themes.
Introduction
Chapter One Historical and Musical Background
Music in African American Life
The Blues
Politics and the Context of Hip-Hop’s Birth
Hip-Hop’s Birth
Using Theory to Interpret a Work of Art
Exercise 1
Chapter One Reference Sources
Chapter Two Stereotypes, Problematic Crossovers, and the Larger Cinematic Background
Origins and Crossovers
Early Cinema and a Dual Heritage
Mise-en-scène
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Chapter Two Reference Sources
Chapter Three Black Males, Urban Life, and Gangstas
House Party and Do the Right Thing
Gangster Films and the African American “Outlaw”
The Outlaw Element – It’s Not All Hollywood
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Chapter Three Reference Sources
Chapter Four Hip Hop Beyond
Turning Commercial and Leaving the House
Theoretical Hip Hop in the Mainstream
Crossover American Films
Hip Hop and Dance Films
Diversity in Other “Movement” Films
Hip Hop Cinema as Opera – More Expressions Beyond
Hip Hop Cinema in Other Nations
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Chapter Four Reference Sources
Chapter Five Hip Hop and Black Romance
Romance and Other Themes
Exercise 1
Exercise 2
Chapter Five Reference Sources
Chapter Six Stars and Controversies
Stars and Directors Matter
Hip Hop Artists and Actors
Controversies/End of the Ebook
Chapter Six Reference Sources