Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Trailer: Shaft or Sidney Poitier: Black Masculinity in Comic Books



Through interviews with prominent artists, scholars and cultural critics along with images from the comic books themselves, Jonathan Gayles' Shaft or Sidney Poitier: Black Masculinity in Comic Books examines the degree to which early Black superheroes generally adhered to common stereotypes about Black men. From the humorous, to the offensive, early Black superheroes are critically considered.

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