TY - GEN T1 - Southern history on screen : race and rights, 1976-2016 A2 - Jack, Bryan M., 1969- LA - English PP - Lexington PB - University Press of Kentucky YR - 2019 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_on1076830655 AB - Hollywood films have been influential in the portrayal and representation of race relations in the South and how African Americans are cinematically depicted in history, from The Birth of a Nation (1915) and Gone with the Wind (1939) to The Help (2011) and 12 Years a Slave (2013). With an ability to reach mass audiences, films represent the power to influence and shape the public's understanding of our country's past, creating lasting images-both real and imagined-in American culture. In Southern History on Screen: Race and Rights, 1976-2016, editor Bryan Jack brings together essays from an international roster of scholars to provide new critical perspectives on Hollywood's relationships between historical films, Southern history, identity, and the portrayal of Jim Crow-era segregation. This collection analyzes films through the lens of religion, politics, race, sex, and class, building a comprehensive look at the South as seen on screen. By illuminating depictions of the southern belle in Gone with the Wind, the religious rhetoric of southern white Christians and the progressive identity of the "white heroes" in A Time to Kill (1996) and Mississippi Burning (1988), as well as many other archetypes found across films, this book explores the intersection between film, historical memory, and southern identity. NO - Includes index. CN - PN1995.9.S66 S65 2019 SN - 9780813176468 SN - 0813176468 SN - 9780813176451 SN - 081317645X SN - 9780813176444 SN - 0813176441 KW - Southern States : In motion pictures. KW - Race relations in motion pictures. KW - Race in motion pictures. KW - Culture in motion pictures. KW - Historical films : United States : History and criticism. KW - Relations raciales au cinéma. KW - Race au cinéma. KW - Culture au cinéma. KW - Films historiques : États-Unis : Histoire et critique. KW - PERFORMING ARTS : Reference. KW - HISTORY : United States : General. KW - Culture in motion pictures KW - Historical films KW - Motion pictures KW - Race in motion pictures KW - Race relations in motion pictures KW - Southern States KW - United States KW - Electronic books. KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc. ER -