Beyond Blaxploitation, the first book-length anthology of scholarly
work on blaxploitation films, sustains the momentum that
blaxploitation scholarship has recently gained, giving the films an
even more prominent place in cinema history. This volume is made up
of eleven essays employing historical and theoretical methodologies
in the examination of spectatorship, marketing, melodrama, the
transition of novel to screenplay, and racial politics and
identity, among other significant topics. In doing so, the book
fills a substantial gap that exists in the black cinematic
narrative and, more broadly, in film history. Beyond Blaxploitation
is divided into three sections that feature original essays on a
variety of canonical blaxploitation films and others that either
influenced the movement or in some form represent a significant
extension of it. The first section titled, ""From Pioneer to
Precursor to Blaxploitation,"" centers on three films-Cotton Comes
to Harlem, Watermelon Man, and Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss
Song-that ignited the African American film cycle. The second
section, ""The Canon and the Not so Canon,"" is dedicated to
forging alternative considerations of some of the most highly
regarded blaxploitation films, while also bringing attention to
lesserknown films in the movement. The final section, ""Was, Is, or
Isn't Blaxploitation,"" includes four essays that offer significant
insights on films that are generally associated with blaxploitation
but contest traditional definitions of the movement. Moreover, this
section features chapters that address industrial factors that led
to the creation of blaxploitation cinema and highlight the
limitations of the term itself. Beyond Blaxploitation is a
much-needed pedagogical tool, informing film scholars, critics, and
fans alike, about blaxploitation's richness and complexity.
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