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This is a 5 page paper discussing the discourse used in terms of black aesthetic theory in the film “Chameleon Street” directed by Wendell B. Harris Jr. Unlike the other films released during the early 1990s by other African-American directors who demonstrated the black urban “other” aspects of black critical theory, Harris’ portrayal of con man Douglas Street whose adaptable persona came to be recognized as the inner African-American psyche in today’s society.
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of "black" material must negotiate the boundaries between textual and cultural meanings, in a sense, what is considered aesthetic and what is considered ideological (Lye). There is a sense that
black art has come from a unique sociological, political, historical and cultural background which has often been marked by oppression and marginalization. Black criticism has had substantial ties to
the post-Colonial period and to the issues which represent the "other" and the reclamation of identity and in regards to the language of the historical oppressor are the ideas of
parody, mimicry and hybridity (Lye). Black aesthetic productions in art which are presented in white cultures tend to mark the white cultures in positive and negative manners. Critics have researched
that because of the influence that white culture has had on black and African-American culture, that the although traditional black aesthetic has always been linked to the African culture, the
concepts of what is considered the Western black culture has changed (Lye). There have therefore been several different focuses on the black experience that are the African heritage, the evolved/changed
black culture and the possibility of the adaptation to a new non-racial cultural formation. The recognition and celebration of issues and cultural identities which are distinctively black in black
art and cinema are those which rely on their meaning to particular expressions and traditions of black culture and experiences (Lye). Examples used often refer to jazz as one of
the most influential black contributions and is often used as a model to compare other aspects of black aesthetic culture. Contributors to African-American art often compare the nature of
the comparison of black works to those of feminist. For many centuries, women in cultures and the arts were always considered the "other" but were always present. The same can
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