{"product_id":"a-piece-of-the-action-race-and-labor-in-postcivil-rights-hollywood-9780231164375","title":"A Piece of the Action Race and Labor in PostCivil","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEithne Quinn reveals how Hollywood catalyzed racial politics in the decade after the passage of the Civil Rights Act, through representation on screen as well as in battles over jobs and resources behind the scenes. Based on extensive archival research and detailed discussions of films, this book examines the limits of Hollywood liberalism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eQuinn’s conclusion provides the reader with two prescient, convincing, and well-earned macroscopic takeaways. -- AMIR KHAN, Dalian Maritime University, PRC * Historical Journal of Film, Radio, and Television *\u003cbr\u003eWell-written, meticulously researched, critical, and smart, \u003ci\u003eA Piece of the Action\u003c\/i\u003e may be the most important book on black American cinema in the last quarter century. Enjoyable and highly informative, this book will quickly emerge as a classic and must-read among those interested in film history, black cinema, race and popular culture, and the sociology of culture. -- S. Craig Watkins, author of \u003ci\u003eDon't Knock the Hustle: Young Creatives, Tech Ingenuity, and the Making of a New Innovation Economy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Piece of the Action\u003c\/i\u003e is a story about the interconnections between white privilege, “colorblind” ideology, and Hollywood business-as-usual practices.  With a historian’s nose for detail, Quinn reveals in sharp relief how an industry filled with self-proclaimed white progressives manages to reproduce⁠—to this very day⁠—its infamous legacy of racial exclusion and marginalization.  This book is a must-read for anyone hoping to make sense of Hollywood’s integral role in the shaping of American racial politics. -- Darnell M. Hunt, author of \u003ci\u003eChanneling Blackness: Studies on Television and Race in America\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eQuinn offers a revelatory account of resistance and reaction unfolding in Hollywood between \u003ci\u003eIn the Heat of the Night\u003c\/i\u003e (1967) and \u003ci\u003eBlue Collar\u003c\/i\u003e (1978). She chronicles black creatives struggling to get black experiences on screen and black labor on the set. Powerful and richly insightful, \u003ci\u003eA Piece of the Action\u003c\/i\u003e details black filmmakers’ and their white allies’ attempts to counter liberal tokenism and colorblindness only to come up against the industry’s neoconservative retreat from racial and economic justice. -- Judith E. Smith, author of \u003ci\u003eBecoming Belafonte: Black Artist, Public Radical\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e1. “The Screen Speaks for Itself”: Institutional Discrimination and the Dawning of Hollywood Postracialism\u003cbr\u003e2. Racializing the Hollywood Renaissance: Black and White Symbol Creators in a Time of Crisis\u003cbr\u003e3. Challenging Jim Crow Crews: Federal Activism and Industry Reaction\u003cbr\u003e4. “Getting the Man’s Foot out of Our Collective Asses”: Black Left Film Producers and the Rise of the Hustler Creative\u003cbr\u003e5. Color-Blind Corporatism: The Black Film Wave and White Revival\u003cbr\u003eConclusion: Race, Creative Labor, and Reflexivity in Post–Civil Rights Hollywood\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eIndex","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400274518359,"sku":"9780231164375","price":22.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780231164375.jpg?v=1730470255","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-piece-of-the-action-race-and-labor-in-postcivil-rights-hollywood-9780231164375","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}