Gerald A. Powell

A Rhetoric of Symbolic Identity

Analysis of Spike Lee's X and Bamboozled

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Produktbeschreibung

This study explores African American identity through film, drawing from Spike Lee's cinematic production of X (1992) and Bamboozled (2000). The study brings attention to how African American identity is negotiated in communicative interactions. In doing so, the study proposes an alternative rhetorical and cultural approach to the nuances of African American identity.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury
• Seitenzahl: 114
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Mai 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 6mm
• Gewicht: 155g
• ISBN-13: 9780761828679
• ISBN-10: 0761828672
• Artikelnr.: 21440054

Autorenporträt

By Gerald A. Powell Jr.

Inhaltsangabe

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