Visible and Invisible Whiteness American White Supremacy through the
Visible and Invisible Whiteness examines the complicity between Classical Hollywood narratives or genres and representations of white supremacy in the cinema. Close readings of D.W. Griffith’s The Birth of a Nation by James Agee and James Baldwin explore
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Alice Mikal Craven
Visible and Invisible Whiteness American White Supremacy through the Cinematic Lens
Alice Mikal Craven Department of Comparative Literature American University of Paris Paris, France Department of Film Studies American University of Paris Paris, France
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Preface
The seeds for this book were planted a long time ago, and though I may have invented some of the details as I have grown older, the memories still persist. They may ultimately be myths that I invented for myself, but they have certainly marked me. My grandmother ran a florist service from home in the small town of Elliott, South Carolina, population one hundred or so. There were three gas stations and three churches: There was the Baptist church, the Methodist church, and the black church. Apparently, my grandmother was the only white woman who ever entered the black church, since she was in charge of the floral arrangements. When I was six years old, she took me there and explained to me that this was a church only for black people. It was a revelation to me that there could be such a thing as a church only for black people. When I was eight or nine, my elementary school in Durham, North Carolina, became “integrat
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