{"id":49200,"date":"2016-09-25T20:47:08","date_gmt":"2016-09-25T20:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=49200"},"modified":"2016-09-25T20:47:08","modified_gmt":"2016-09-25T20:47:08","slug":"not-under-my-roof-interracial-relationships-and-black-image-in-post-world-war-ii-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=49200","title":{"rendered":"Not under my roof: Interracial relationships and black image in post-World War II film"},"content":{"rendered":"

Not under my roof: Interracial relationships and black image in post-World War II film<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Northern Illinois University
\n2015
\n56 pages
\nPublication Number: 10008811
\nProQuest document ID: 1765648575<\/a>
\nISBN: 9781339455150<\/p>\n

Andre Berchiolly<\/strong><\/p>\n

This thesis examines the historical implications of miscegenation<\/a> and interracial interactions between minority males and white females in Post-World War II<\/a> independent cinema. Elia Kazan\u2019s<\/a> studio film Pinky<\/em><\/a> (1949) exemplifies the perceived acceptable studio representations of interracial coupling. My examination of Kazan\u2019s film provides a starting point from which to evaluate other textual situations of interracial interaction, particularly in relation to casting. In contrast, Pierre Chenal\u2019s<\/a> adaptation of Richard Wright\u2019s<\/a> Native Son<\/em><\/a>, Sangre Negra<\/em><\/a> (1951) exhibits key differences in interracial depictions between studio productions and independent productions of that era. After a comparative analysis of Kazan\u2019s and Chenal\u2019s films, further exploration of George A. Romero\u2019s<\/a> Night of the Living Dead<\/em><\/a> (1968) as an unintentionally racialized film, allows for an investigation into the casting of Duane Jones<\/a> and Judith O\u2019Dea<\/a> as the primary characters. An analysis of these three films permits an evaluation of depictions of miscegenation and interracial interactions through an independent lens, distinguishing between acceptable mainstream allowances (via institutionalize censorship) of such depictions, and the comparative freedoms allotted to independent productions. This thesis provides an overview of the limitations of studio productions and their failures to adhere to changing social conventions, broadening the current discourse of film analysis from more canonized Hollywood films to lesser known and lesser criticized independent films, as well as establishing an understanding of Western culture\u2019s influence upon the censorship of racial depictions during this period.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Not under my roof: Interracial relationships and black image in post-World War II film Northern Illinois University 2015 56 pages Publication Number: 10008811 ProQuest document ID: 1765648575 ISBN: 9781339455150 Andre Berchiolly This thesis examines the historical implications of miscegenation and interracial interactions between minority males and white females in Post-World War II independent cinema. Elia […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8413,838,8,20],"tags":[25034,25035,11464,9218,25036],"class_list":["post-49200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-communications","category-dissertations","category-media-archive","category-usa","tag-andre-berchiolly","tag-elia-kazan","tag-george-a-romero","tag-northern-illinois-university","tag-pierre-chenal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49200"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49201,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49200\/revisions\/49201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}