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Black Oscars
Black Oscars
From Mammy to Minny, What the Academy Awards Tell Us about African Americans
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A timely exploration of Oscar-nominated Black actors and the complicated legacy of the Academy Awards. In Black Oscars: From Mammy to Minny, What the Academy Awards Tell Us about African Americans, Frederick W. Gooding Jr. draws on American, African American, and film history to reflect on how the Oscars have recognized Black actors from the award's inception to the present. Starting in the 1920s, the chapters provide a thorough overview and analysis of Black actors nominated for their Hollywood roles during each decade, with special attention paid to the winners. Historical patterns are scrutinized to reveal racial trends and open the question of whether race relations have truly changed substantively or only superficially over time. Given the Oscars' presence and popularity, it begs the question of what these awards reflect and reinforce about larger society. In the meticulously-researched Black Oscars, we see how the Academy Awards are an indispensable guide to understanding race in mainstream Hollywood and beyond.
By Frederick Gooding Jr.
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Pages: 320
PART I: INTRODUCTION Introduction: Setting the Stage: What's So Oscar Worthy? Chapter 1: Lights, Camera, Analysis! Chapter 2: Early Drama behind Early Black Images (1927-1939) PART II: CONFLICT & CLIMAX Chapter 3: Oscar's Uneasy Breakthrough (1940-1949) Chapter 4: New Roles Not Leading Anywhere (1950-1959) Chapter 5: Sidney in the Sixties (1960-1969) Chapter 6: The Blaxploitation Effect (1970-1979) Chapter 7: The Color Purple through the Bluest Eye (1980-1989) Chapter 8: The Denzel Effect (1990-1999) Chapter 9: New Century, New Beginning? (2000-2009) Chapter 10: Oscars So White (2010-2019) PART III: CONCLUSION Conclusion: Have We Seen This Movie Before? A Critical Analysis Appendices Appendix A, Black Oscar Nomination and Wins Overview, by Decade Appendix B, List of All Movies with Black Oscar Nominations Appendix C, List of All Black Oscar Acting Nominees and Wins Appendix D, List of All Black, Non-Acting Oscar Winners
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Frederick W. Gooding Jr. holds the Dr. Ronald E. Moore Professorship in Humanities within the Honors College at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, TX. He is the author of You Mean, There's RACE in My Movie?The Complete Guide to Understanding Race in Mainstream Hollywood and American Dream Deferred: Black Federal Workers in Washington, D.C., 1941-1981.