Our Gang : a racial history of the Little Rascals
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Published
Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, 2016.
ISBN
9780816698226, 0816698228
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Bridgeview Public Library - Stacks | 791.4375 OUR | On Shelf |
Prairie State College - Stacks | PN1995.9.O8 L44 2016 | On Shelf |
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Published
Minneapolis, MN : University of Minnesota Press, 2016.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xxi, 337 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9780816698226, 0816698228
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
"The story of race and Our Gang, or The Little Rascals, is rife with the contradictions and aspirations of the sharply conflicted, changing American society that was its theater. Exposing these connections for the first time, Julia Lee shows us how much this series, from the first silent shorts in 1922 to its television revival in the 1950s, reveals about black and white American culture on either side of the silver screen. Behind the scenes, we find unconventional men like Hal Roach and his gag writers, whose Rascals tapped into powerful American myths about race and childhood. We meet the four black stars of the series, Ernie "Sunshine Sammy" Morrison, Allen "Farina" Hoskins, Matthew "Stymie" Beard, and Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas, the gang within the Gang, whose personal histories Lee pursues through the passing years and shifting political landscape. In their checkered lives, and in the tumultuous life of the series, we discover an unexplored story of America, the messy, multiracial nation that found in Our Gang a comic avatar, a slapstick version of democracy itself"-- Taken from Amazon.com 03/14/2017.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Lee, J. (2016). Our Gang: a racial history of the Little Rascals . University of Minnesota Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Lee, Julia. 2016. Our Gang: A Racial History of the Little Rascals. University of Minnesota Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Lee, Julia. Our Gang: A Racial History of the Little Rascals University of Minnesota Press, 2016.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Lee, Julia. Our Gang: A Racial History of the Little Rascals University of Minnesota Press, 2016.
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