Title: Spike Lee's Bamboozled and Blackface in American Culture
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"--
Subjects: Racism in motion pictures, Popular culture, united states, United states, race relations, African Americans in the performing arts, History, Race in motion pictures, Blackface entertainers, Minstrel shows, Race relations, Racism in popular culture, Popular culture, Bamboozled (Motion picture)