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Author:   Gerald A. Powell Jr.
Publisher:   University Press of America
Imprint:   University Press of America
Dimensions:   Width: 17.10cm , Height: 1.00cm , Length: 21.50cm
Weight:   0.154kg
ISBN:  

9780761828679

ISBN 10:   0761828672
Pages:   114
Publication Date:   19 May 2004
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Acknowledgments Chapter 3 Introduction: Statement of Research Problems; Research Questions; Justification for the Study; Justifications for the Films; Aims of the Study; Outline of the Chapters Chapter 4 Theoretical Framework and Methodology: Complicity of Negative Difference; Cultural Contract Theory of Negotiation; Alienation; Double Consciousness; Hermeneutical Ethos; Justification for Multiple Theories; Methodology Chapter 5 Literature Review: Literature Review of Black Cinema; Rhetorical Texts Pertaining to the Content of Films: X; Bamboozled; Literature Review of Identity Chapter 6 Analysis: Complicity of Negative Difference (Bamboozled): Africa; Cultural Psychological Haven; Socioeconomic Conditions; Complicity of Negative Difference (X): Africa; Cultural Psychological Haven; Socioeconomic Conditions; Contract The Chapter 7 Analysis Questions: Double-Consciousness; Hermeneutical Ethos; Alienation Chapter 8 Overview: Formation of Cultural Contracts; Characters and the Contracts; Breaching of Cultural Contracts; Implications for the Future; Researcher's Contribution Chapter 9 Glossary Chapter 10 References Chapter 11 About the Author

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Gerald A. Powell, Jr. is Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication and Theatre at St. Josephs College, Indiana. He holds a Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Intercultural Communication from Howard University, Washington, D.C.

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