Gerald R. Butters

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Gerald R. Butters Jr. (born 1948) is a professor of history at Aurora University and an author who has written about film history including censorship and African American cinema.

He gave a presentation on black women in the films of Oscar Micheaux. [1] He has written articles in Literature/Film Quarterly and the Journal of Multimedia History . [2] In 2019 he gave a speech on the Civil War and Historical Memory. [3] C-Span aired footage of him at the Printers Row Lit Fest in 2022. [4] He has written articles for Flow Journal. [5]

Daniel Bernardi reviewed his book on Black Manhood in early American films. [6] It was also reviewed by Shawn St. Jean. [7] Whitney Strub reviewed his book on film censorship in Kansas. [8] His book on the Chicago Loop "combines historical fact with lively personal accounts," according to a NewCityLit review. [9]

Books

References

  1. ↑ "» Centering Black Women: The Silent Films of Oscar Micheauxby Gerald R. Butters, Jr".
  2. ↑ "Gerald R. Butters Jr".
  3. ↑ "Main Stage: Gerald Butters, PhD". alumni.aurora.edu.
  4. ↑ "Gerald Butters | C-SPAN.org". www.c-span.org.
  5. ↑ University, Gerald R. Butters Aurora (April 13, 2013). "Gerald R. Butters Aurora University – Flow".
  6. ↑ Bernardi, Daniel (December 1, 2003). "Black Manhood on the Silent Screen. By Gerald R. Butters Jr. (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2002. xviii, 270 pp. $35.00, isbn 0-7006-1197-5.)". Journal of American History. 90 (3): 1056–1057. doi:10.2307/3660973. JSTOR   3660973 – via Silverchair.
  7. ↑ St. Jean, Shawn; Butters, Gerald R. (2003). "Reviewed work: Black Manhood on the Silent Screen, Gerald R. Butters, Jr". African American Review. 37 (2/3): 443–445. doi:10.2307/1512332. JSTOR   1512332.
  8. ↑ Strub, Whitney (July 2, 2009). "Gerald R. Butters Jr. Banned in Kansas: Motion Picture Censorship, 1915–1966, Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2007. Pp. vxi + 348. $44.95 (ISBN 978-0-8262-1749-3)". Law and History Review. 27 (2): 469–470. doi:10.1017/S0738248000002169 – via Cambridge University Press.
  9. ↑ Nealie, Toni (November 29, 2015). "Race and the Silver Screen in Chicago's Loop: Gerald R. Butters on his new book, "From Sweetback to Superfly" | Newcity Lit".
  10. ↑ Butters, Gerald R. (January 2, 2002). Black Manhood on the Silent Screen. University Press of Kansas. ISBN   978-0-7006-1197-3 – via Google Books.
  11. ↑ "Black Manhood on the Silent Screen".
  12. ↑ "Beyond Blaxploitation".
  13. ↑ "Author".
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