Gerald R. Butters

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

  • Black Manhood on the Silent Screen University of Kansas Press (2002)[10][11]
  • Banned in Kansas: Motion Picture Censorship, 1915-1966 (2007)
  • From Sweetback to Superfly: Race and Film Audiences in Chicago's Loop (2015)
  • Beyond Blaxploitation (2016), co-editor[12][13]

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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