Acting Black: An Analysis of Blackness and Criminality in Film

<p>This thesis will attempt to answer how films deal with blackness and crime, specifically when intersecting with the concepts of exploitation, appropriation, whiteness and the criminality of the black body. While not entirely the root of the negative perceptions of African-Americans in the United States, the manner in which African-Americans are portrayed in motion picture media influences how their presence is seen in society. This thesis will examine specific films that include elements dealing with the listed factors and what effects they may or may not have.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts (MA)

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters Thesis

Year dc:date.available

2019

Author dc:creator

• Edwards, Blake

Contributors dc:contributor

• Joshua Hill
• Charles Scheer
• Thomas Panko

• blackness
• criminality
• film
• white privilege
• racism
• cultural appropriation
• Civil Law
• Civil Rights and Discrimination
• Criminology
• Race and Ethnicity
• Social Control, Law, Crime, and Deviance

Repository record dc:identifier

https://aquila.usm.edu/masters_theses/661

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:aquila.usm.edu:masters_theses-1718