Representing: Hip Hop Culture and the Production of Black Cinema

by S. Craig Watkins

In this engaging and provocative book, S. Craig Watkins examines two of the most important developments in the recent history of black cinema—the ascendancy of Spike Lee and the proliferation of "ghettocentric films." Representing explores a distinct contradiction in American at the same time that black youth have become the targets of a fierce racial backlash, their popular expressive cultures have become highly visible and commercially viable.

"Watkins is at his most sophisticated and persuasive when he explains the surprising success of hyper-talented, entrepreneurial, and energetic black artists."—Archon Fung, Boston Book Review

Genres: Nonfiction, Academic

330 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

Reviews

[Amy]

I've read a little of it (bought it because he teaches at one of the PhD programs I didn't get into), and I used a quote from it in a paper, but I can't really say all that much about it.