{"product_id":"southern-history-on-screen-bryan-m-jack-9780813176444","title":"Southern History on Screen: Race and Rights, 1976-2016","description":"\u003cp\u003eHollywood films have been influential in the portrayal and representation of race relations in the South and how African Americans are cinematically depicted in history, from \u003ci\u003eThe Birth of a Nation\u003c\/i\u003e (1915) and \u003ci\u003eGone with the Wind\u003c\/i\u003e (1939) to \u003ci\u003eThe Help\u003c\/i\u003e (2011) and \u003ci\u003e12 Years a Slave\u003c\/i\u003e (2013). With an ability to reach mass audiences, films represent the power to influence and shape the public's understanding of our country's past, creating lasting images -- both real and imagined -- in American culture. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eSouthern History on Screen: Race and Rights, 1976--2016, \u003c\/i\u003e editor Bryan Jack brings together essays from an international roster of scholars to provide new critical perspectives on Hollywood's relationships between historical films, Southern history, identity, and the portrayal of Jim Crow--era segregation. This collection analyzes films through the lens of religion, politics, race, sex, and class, building a comprehensive look at the South as seen on screen. By illuminating depictions of the southern belle in \u003ci\u003eGone with the Wind\u003c\/i\u003e, the religious rhetoric of southern white Christians and the progressive identity of the \"white heroes\" in \u003ci\u003eA Time to Kill\u003c\/i\u003e (1996) and \u003ci\u003eMississippi Burning \u003c\/i\u003e(1988), as well as many other archetypes found across films, this book explores the intersection between film, historical memory, and southern identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bryan M. Jack\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813176441\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813176444\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Kentucky\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/08\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 242\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.20w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2019","brand":"Bryan M. Jack","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43947295244543,"sku":"9780813176444","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_7428095a-a635-41d8-961e-53c5c6d25e91.jpg?v=1681517869","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/southern-history-on-screen-bryan-m-jack-9780813176444","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}