Anna Everett

Rediscovers and examines the lost history of African-American film criticism from the first half of the century.

A Genealogy of Black Film Criticism, 1909-1949

Returning the Gaze

John Thornton Caldwell

The rapid growth of new media technologies is radically changing film production and consumption. 'New Media' responds to these revolutionary developments to address topics such as computer games, digital animation techniques, media convergence, and internet audiences.

Theories and Practices of Digitextuality

New Media

Traces the rise of black participation in cyberspace.

A Race for Cyberspace

Digital Diaspora

John T. Caldwell

First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

An exploration of how issues of race and ethnicity play out in a digital medialandscape that includes MySpace, post-9/11 politics, MMOGs, Internet music distribution, and thedigital divide.

Youth and Digital Media

Learning Race and Ethnicity

Amber J. Wallace

Beyond the Digital Divide

AfroGEEKS

In the 1990s, American civil society got upended and reordered as many social, cultural, political, and economic institutions were changed forever. Pretty People examines a wide range of Hollywood icons who reflect how stardom in that decade was transformed as the nation itself was signaling significant changes to familiar ideas about gender, race, ethnicity, age, class, sexuality, and nationality. Such actors as Denzel Washington, Andy Garcia, Halle Berry, Angela Bassett, Will Smith, Jennifer Lopez, and Antonio Banderas became bona fide movie stars who carried major films to amazing box-office success. Five of the decade’s top ten films were opened by three women—Julia Roberts, Jodie Foster, and Whoopi Goldberg. “Chick flick” entered the lexicon as Leonardo DiCaprio became the “King of the World,” ushering in the cult of the mega celebrity. Tom Hanks and Tom Cruise defined screen masculinity as stark contrasts between “the regular guy” and “the intense guy” while the roles of Michael Douglas exemplified the endangered “Average White Male.” A fascinating composite portrait of 1990s Hollywood and its stars, this collection marks the changes to stardom and society at century’s end.

Anna Everett

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