Casey Hayman
Biographic Data
| ID | 3613409 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Casey Hayman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Casey |
| FAMILY NAME | Hayman |
| SIGNATURE | HAYMAN C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Hypervisible Man
In this essay, I argue that the coming of age of Percival Everett’s protagonist Not Sidney Poitier in his novel I Am Not Sidney Poitier (2009) consists of his “becoming” Sidney Poitier, as he uses mass-mediated symbols of blackness as the raw material out of which to construct his own eclectic black subjectivity rather than identifying himself primarily in opposition to the spectacular (and often stereotypical) blackness represented by Poitier. I…
Melle Mel in the Megaplex
While Michael Schultz's Krush Groove (1985) and Stan Lathan's Beat Street (1984) represent two of Hollywood's earliest engagements with hip-hop music and culture, little critical attention has been paid to these films. Instead, cultural critics from within and outside the hip-hop community tend to focus on films such as the publicly-funded, documentary-styled Wild Style (1983) and Style Wars (1983) as more "authentic" representations of early hip…
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Melle Mel in the Megaplex
While Michael Schultz's Krush Groove (1985) and Stan Lathan's Beat Street (1984) represent two of Hollywood's earliest engagements with hip-hop music and culture, little critical attention has been paid to these films. Instead, cultural critics from within and outside the hip-hop community tend to focus on films such as the publicly-funded, documentary-styled Wild Style (1983) and Style Wars (1983) as more "authentic" representations of early hip…
Hypervisible Man
In this essay, I argue that the coming of age of Percival Everett’s protagonist Not Sidney Poitier in his novel I Am Not Sidney Poitier (2009) consists of his “becoming” Sidney Poitier, as he uses mass-mediated symbols of blackness as the raw material out of which to construct his own eclectic black subjectivity rather than identifying himself primarily in opposition to the spectacular (and often stereotypical) blackness represented by Poitier. I…
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