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Representing

Hip Hop Culture and the Production of Black Cinema

By: S. Craig Watkins

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Paperback | 1 November 1999 | Edition Number 1

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330 Pages

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In this engaging and provocative book, S. Craig Watkins examines two of the most important developments in the recent history of black cinemaâ"the ascendancy of Spike Lee and the proliferation of "ghettocentric films." Representing explores a distinct contradiction in American society: at the same time that black youth have become the targets of a fierce racial backlash, their popular expressive cultures have become highly visible and commercially viable.

"Watkins is at his most sophisticated and persuasive when he explains the surprising success of hyper-talented, entrepreneurial, and energetic black artists."â"Archon Fung, Boston Book Review

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Geography Miscellaneous Items

Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Introduction: Black Youth at Century's End	p. 1

Social Conservatism and the Culture Wars	p. 17
Black Youth and the Ironies of Capitalism	p. 50
Black Cinema and the Changing Landscape of Industrial Image Making	p. 77

Producing the Spike Lee Joint	p. 107
Spike's Joint	p. 137

Producing Ghetto Pictures	p. 169
The Ghettocentric Imagination	p. 196
Epilogue: The Culture Industry and the Hip Hop Generation	p. 232
Notes	p. 245
Bibliography	p. 283
Index	p. 305
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