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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/631156152 Title: Slaves on screen : film and historical vision Author: Natalie Zemon Davis Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2000. OCLC:631156152

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Slaves on screen : film and historical vision

Author:	Natalie Zemon Davis
Publisher:	Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2000.
Edition/Format:	eBook : Document : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	"Tackles the large issue of how the moving picture industry has portrayed slaves in five major motion pictures spanning four generations. The potential of film to narrate the historical past in an effective and meaningful way, with insistence on loyalty to the evidence, is assessed in five films; Spartacus (1960), Burn! (1969), The Last Supper (1976), Amistad (1997), and Beloved (1998)."--Jacket.
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Subjects	Slavery in motion pictures. Esclavage au cinéma. Films. View all subjects
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Additional Physical Format:	Print version: Davis, Natalie Zemon, 1928- Slaves on screen. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2000 (DLC) 00039687 (OCoLC)43903765
Material Type:	Document, Internet resource
Document Type:	Internet Resource, Computer File
All Authors / Contributors:	Natalie Zemon Davis Find more information about:
OCLC Number:	631156152
Reproduction Notes:	Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
Description:	1 online resource (xi, 164 pages) : illustrations
Details:	Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Contents:	Film as historical narrative -- Resistance and survival: Spartacus -- Ceremony and revolt: Burn! and The Last Supper -- Witnesses of trauma: Amistad and Beloved -- Telling the truth.
Responsibility:	Natalie Zemon Davis.

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The author of "The Return of Martin Guerre" and "Women on the Margins" now tackles the large issue of how the moving picture industry has portrayed slaves in five motion pictures: "Spartacus" (1960), Read more...

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This book is filled with valuable lessons for students of both the past itself and the various media through which history can be told.--John E. O'Connor"Phi Beta Kappa Journal" (06/01/2001)

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