Boyz N the Hood. Shifting Hollywood Terrain. Framing Film 20

Shifting Hollywood Terrain: The Iconic Status of Boyz N the Hood -- "I Am an Invisible Man": Boyz and the Literary and Cinematic Imagination -- Boyz Getting Behind Language: Invisibility and the Literary and Cinematic Imagination -- Ellison's Invisible Man (1952): Mediating Self-Knowledge -- Through Messianic Language -- Van Peebles's Sweetback (1971): Invisible Mans Cinematic Appearance -- Boyz in Context: The Streets of the Southland and Invisibility -- Singleton's Cinematic Voice -- Boyz N the Hood: Shifting the Terrain of Urban Cinema -- A "Soulful" Director: An Interview with John Singleton -- Launching Singleton's Career: An Interview with Steve Nicolaides, Producer -- Principal Cast and Crew: Reflective Perspectives on Boyz -- Featured Interviews: An Actor's Actor: Close up on Boyz with Tyra Ferrell -- Spotlight on Laurence Fishburne: The Treatment with Elvis Mitchell -- Original Boyz Press Kit -- Original Screenplay: Boyz N the Hood by John Singleton -- Critical Perspectives on Boyz N the Hood -- Between Apocalypse and Redemption: John Singleton's Boyz N the Hood, by Michael Eric Dyson -- Mapping the Hood: The Genealogy of City Space in "Boyz N the Hood" and "Menace II Society," by Paula J. Massood -- Boyz N the Hood: A Colonial Analysis, by James Nadell -- Two Takes on Boyz N the Hood, by Thomas Doherty and Jacquie Jones -- "A Gritty 'Boyz N the Hood' Ushers in a New Phase of Cinema," by Kenneth Turan -- "A Chance to Confound Fate," by Janet Maslin -- '"Boyz N the Hood' (R)," by Desson Howe -- "'Boyz N the Hood' (R)," by Rita Kempley Boyz and the Blues: A Legacy of Resistance and Hope. ISBN 9781433146374