Acknowledgments
Prologue: A Slap Heard Round the World
Introduction: Deconstructing Will Smith
One—Reading Will Smith: Floating Signs and the Semiotics of
Stardom
Two—Culturally Mulatto
Three—A Slave to Fashion
Four—Hottentot Adonis
Five—A Postlude to a Kiss
Six—Science Fictions and Racial Facts
Seven—Dynamic Duos and Magical Negroes
Eight—Genre, Interrupted
Conclusion: The Biggest Movie Star in the World
Filmography
Selected Videography
Chapter Notes
Works Cited
Index
Willie Tolliver is a professor of English at Agnes Scott College in Atlanta where he is director of Africana studies and film studies.
“The book offers profound insights into the career of a Hollywood legend.”—Roland Leander Williams, professor of English, Temple University
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