About the Author

CEDRIC J. ROBINSON is professor of black studies and political science at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is author of four other books, including Black Marxism: The Making of the Black Radical Tradition (from the University of North Carolina Press).

Reviews

A call to action.--National Political Science Review

Deeply incisive. . . . Provides a fresh contribution to one of the most significant aspects of American cinema.--The Journal of African American History

Invaluable to scholars of popular culture, Marxist studies, and especially, black studies. . . . [Robinson] writes with the seldom-heard acumen of a social scientist and is able to discern how and why the American entertainment industry represents--and misrepresents--class and race.--North Carolina Historical Review

Offers a copiously researched and compelling study. . . . A profoundly important and elegantly written historical study of a great artistic conflict.--Theatre Research International