Introduction: The Historic Labeling of Blackness in Cinema 1. "Two Detectives Only a Mother Could Love!": Cotton Comes to Harlem and the Detective Genre 2. "Deadlier than Dracula!": Blacula and the Horror Genre 3. "Now that You’ve Seen the Rest…Make Way for the Biggest and the Best!": The Mack and the Gangster Genre 4. "6 feet 2" and All of it Dynamite!": Cleopatra Jones and the Cop Action Genre Conclusion: The Demise and Aftermath of the Blaxploitation Movement

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Novotny Lawrence is Assistant Professor in the Department of Radio and Television at Southern Illinois University-Carbondale.

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