Representing: Hip Hop Culture and the Production of Black Cinema

Author/Contributor(s):	Watkins, S Craig
Publisher:	University of Chicago Press
Date:	11/01/1999
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

In this engaging and provocative book, S. Craig Watkins examines two of the most important developments in the recent history of black cinema--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.--Archon Fung, Boston Book Review