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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 |
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Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Natalie Zemon Davis |
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. |
Abstract:
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), "Burn!" (1969), "The Last Supper" (1976), "Amistad" (1997), and "Beloved" (1998). 10 halftones.
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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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Related Subjects:(8)
- Slavery in motion pictures.
- Esclavage au cinéma.
- Films.
- Slaven (arbeid)
- Beeldvorming.
- Film.
- Sklaverei <Motiv>
- USA.