{"product_id":"with-a-crooked-stick-the-films-of-oscar-micheaux-9780253217158","title":"With a Crooked Stick-The Films of Oscar Micheaux","description":"\u003cp\u003eWith a crooked stick, filmmaker Oscar Micheaux (1884-1951) sought to hit a straight lick by stressing the strategic importance of class mobility, or uplift, for African Americans. A theme in all of his more than 40 feature-length, black-produced, black-directed, black-cast, and black-audience films, uplift would allow for the better things in life: fast cars and fancy clothes, freedom of belief, financial security, and an unencumbered intellectual life. Although racism was an impediment to uplift for Micheaux and other African Americans, race as a category was of a secondary order for him in the larger game of class. In With a Crooked Stick, J. Ronald Green pursues this seeming contradiction in a detailed analysis of each of Micheaux's 15 surviving films. He presents critical commentary on each film's plot and action and its contribution to the overall theme of uplift. Readers will also find this an invaluable guide to the preoccupations and features of Micheaux's remarkable career and the insight it provides into the African American experience of the 1920s and 30s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e J. Ronald Green\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Indiana University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/18\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 314\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.24lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.28h x 6.20w x 0.81d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780253217158\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2004 pg. 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2004 pg. 300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJ. Ronald Green is Professor of Film Studies in the Department of History of Art at Ohio State University. He is author of \u003ci\u003eStraight Lick: The Cinema of Oscar Micheaux \u003c\/i\u003e(IUP, 2000). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40078485291123,"sku":"9.78025E+12","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_2810e621-dfc4-4a01-873a-add66e17846b.jpg?v=1652191384","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/with-a-crooked-stick-the-films-of-oscar-micheaux-9780253217158","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}