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Black City Cinema: African American Urban Experiences in Film.


by Paula J. Massood (Temple University Press, February 2003, $19.95, ISBN ISBN
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ISBN International Standard Book Number

ISBN n abbr (= International Standard Book Number) → ISBN m 
 1-592-13003-8), examines how African Americans African American Multiculture A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. See Race.  and the urban environment have been portrayed por·tray  
tr.v. por·trayed, por·tray·ing, por·trays
1. To depict or represent pictorially; make a picture of.

2. To depict or describe in words.

3. To represent dramatically, as on the stage.
 in films since the 1920s.

--Angela Dodson is executive editor of Black Issues Book Review.
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Author:Dodson, Angela
Publication:Black Issues Book Review
Date:May 1, 2003
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