Stepin Fetchit
The Life & Times of Lincoln Perry
$31.33
- Paperback
368 pages
- Release Date
15 December 2006
Summary
The definitive biography of an iconic and controversial figure of American popular culture- Stepin Fetchit, the first African-American movie star. First time in paperback.
In the late 1920s and ‘30s Lincoln Perry, aka Stepin Fetchit, was both renowned and reviled for his surrealistic portrayals of the era’s most popular comic stereotype-the lazy, shiftless Negro. Perry was hailed by critic Robert Benchley as “the best actor that the talking movies have produced,” and Mel Watkins’s met…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781400096763 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1400096766 |
| Author: | Mel Watkins |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Vintage Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 368 |
| Release Date: | 15 December 2006 |
| Weight: | 341g |
| Dimensions: | 201mm x 132mm x 21mm |
| Series: | Vintage |
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Critics Review
“Beautifully evokes the ‘times’ of Stepin Fetchit, providing a surprisingly fresh look at the complex history of blackness and the silver screen.” –Entertainment Weekly“Commendable … thorough and authoritative.”–The New York Times“Enthralling… .Watkins goes back … to the vaudeville road, the black-theater circuit, the tent shows, dance clubs, burlesque houses, carnivals, cabarets, race riots and lynch mobs. Stepin Fetchit is a shadow history of performance as survival.” –Harper’s “Fascinating… . An engrossing study of Perry.” –Essence
About The Author
Mel Watkins
Mel Watkins, a former editor and writer for The New York Times Book Review, is the author of Dancing with Strangers, a Literary Guild Selection, and of the highly acclaimed On the Real Side- A History of African American Comedy. He lives in New York City.
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