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ReFocus: The Films of John Singleton: (ReFocus: The American Directors Series)


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In 1992, John Singleton became the first Black filmmaker, as well as the youngest, to be nominated for the Best Director award at the Oscars. In the following decade, Singleton cemented his reputation as a Hollywood auteur who could move across genres while making critically acclaimed films that share a preoccupation with the triumphs and tribulations of Black life in America. And yet, Singleton's films have received relatively little academic attention.

ReFocus: The Films of John Singleton fills this scholarly vacuum. This collection of original chapters addresses Singleton's treatment of gender and racial difference, the family, urban space, and traumatic histories; it also identifies sources of inspiration in both Hollywood and world cinema, as well as draws connections between his films and the work of Black American literary figures. This collection is an invaluable resource for the future of Singleton studies.



Table of Contents:
List of Figures List of Contributors Acknowledgements Introduction: Singleton Agonistes Daniel Dufournaud Part I. Singleton’s Themes and Tropes 1. Failed Mothers in Boyz N the Hood and Baby Boy Indya J. Jackson 2. Can Daddy Save the Day?: On John Singleton’s Use of Realist Fantasy in Boyz N the Hood, Baby Boy and Rosewood Angela Tharpe Part II. Singleton’s Politics of Resistance 3. Black Men Loving Black Men and the Centrality of Women in John Singleton’s Films: A BlackCrit, Queer, Feminist Analysis Martez Files, Dominique J. Hector, and Victor Terry 4. Running from Predation: Hush Harbors and the Place of Black Student (Bodies) in Higher Learning Khirsten L. Scott and Ariana Denise Brazier Part III. Singleton and African American Literature 5. “Hope to God There’s Another Place that’s Better than This”: Blues Spaces and The Pittsburgh Cycle in John Singleton’s Boyz N the Hood and Baby Boy Trevon Pegram 6. Love and Black Privacy: Watching John Singleton with James Baldwin Daniel Dufournaud Part 4. Singleton and History 7. The Shadow of the Past: Hauntology, Melancholia, and Rosewood as Reparative Narrative Ed Cameron and Linda Belau 8. “The Ghetto Game of Thrones”: Snowfall, Auteur Theory, and Historiographic Television Daniel Dufournaud

About the Author :
Daniel Dufournaud is an Assistant Professor at the University of Macau. He is the editor of ReFocus: The Films of John Singleton (EUP, 2024). His work appears in such journals as Poetics Today, College Literature, Studies in the Novel, Journal of Modern Literature and Journal of American Studies.


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  • ISBN-13: 9781399544047
  • Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Edinburgh University Press
  • Height: 234 mm
  • No of Pages: 216
  • Returnable: Y
  • Width: 156 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1399544047
  • Publisher Date: 31 Aug 2025
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Series Title: ReFocus: The American Directors Series


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