The Black middle class and the mulatto motion picture
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2356939 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Cedric J Robinson (0000-0003-1306-1737, Black Studies and Political Science departments of the University of California, Santa Barbara) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 14-34 |
| Publication date | 2005-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Race & Class (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0306-3968 • E-ISSN: 1741-3125 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0306396805055080 |
| OpenAlex | W2025660435 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 5 |
The growth of the early film industry in the US coincided with the institutionalisation of racial segregation at all levels of society. At the same time, an increasingly self-assertive Black middle class had begun to organise itself culturally, socially, politically and economically in ways that contradicted the virulent cultural racism underpinning 'Jim Crow'. The importance of the new medium is often stressed for its role in cohering America's new immigrant communities. However, it is its political function in the service of white supremacy and big business - a cultural instrument to cement racism and foreclose any potential alliance between Black and immigrant labour - that is explored for the first time here
Alliance · Immigration · Institutionalisation · Middle class · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Racism · Sociology · White (mutation · Cinema and Media Studies · Gender Studies · Law
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,17 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |