{"product_id":"writing-himself-into-history","title":"Writing Himself Into History","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2001 Kraszna-Krausz Moving Image Book Awards | Winner of the Theatre Library Association Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWriting Himself Into History\u003c\/i\u003e is an eagerly anticipated analysis of the career and artistry surrounding the legendary Black filmmaker Oscar Micheaux. With the exception of Spike Lee, Micheaux is the most famous—and prolific—African American film director. Between 1918 and 1948 he made more than 40 “race pictures,” movies made for and about African Americans. A man of immense creativity, he also wrote seven novels.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Pearl Bowser and Louise Spence concentrate here on the first decade of Micheaux’s career, when Micheaux produced and directed more than twenty silent features and built a reputation as a controversial and maverick entrepreneur. Placing his work firmly within his social and cultural milieu, they also examine Micheaeux’s family and life. The authors provide a close textual analysis of his surviving films (including \u003ci\u003eThe Symbol of the Unconquered, Within Our Gates\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBody and Soul\u003c\/i\u003e), and highlight the rivalry between studios, dilemmas of assimilation versus separatism, gender issues, and class. \u003ci\u003eIn Search of Oscar Micheaux\u003c\/i\u003e also analyzes Micheaux’s career as a novelist in relation to his work as a filmmaker.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This is a much-awaited book that is especially timely as interest in Micheaux’s work increases. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Pearl Bowser","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43574206202038,"sku":"9780813528038","price":33.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9780813528038_10992a20-72dd-4eef-8c27-577ef940db9f.jpg?v=1734619135","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/writing-himself-into-history","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}