Spike Lee's Bamboozled and Blackface in American Culture
Publisher: McFarland
Published: Jul 22, 2019
Language: eng
Format: paperback
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781476678634
Description: "This book analyzes the work of minstrel performer Bert Williams, director Oscar Micheaux, writer Ralph Ellison, painter Michael Ray Charles, and director Spike Lee, all through the lens of Spike Lee's misunderstood film Bamboozled. Equal parts biography and cultural analysis, it examines the intersections of these five artists and Bamboozled, investigating their shared legacy of resistance against misrepresentation"--