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An Exploration of the dynamics of ‘ghetto masculinity’ and the upholding of negative representations of African American males in ‘Training Day’.
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Alison Benton An Exploration of the dynamics of 'ghetto masculinity' and the upholding of negative representations of African American males in 'Training Day'. I am going to look at the ways in which the film 'Training Day', released in 2001, uses mythic stereotypes of African American males and 'ghetto masculinity' to portray negative representations of black society in America, and how ideological hegemonic values of Hollywood Institutions leaves these representations unquestioned. My main focus will be the representation of the main protagonist, Alonzo, an African American police officer played by Denzel Washington. First I will look at the history and background of Black representation in film. Early Black cinema, known as 'The Plantation Genre', began in 1915 with the release of 'Birth of a Nation' an overtly anti-black film which included three main mythic stereotypes, later defined by critic, Stuart Hall. These included the 'unlawful slave' which represented black slaves as...
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