Barry Jenkins and the Legacies of Slavery

Delphine Letort is professor of film and American studies at the University of Le Mans.

• List of FiguresForeword: Michael T. MartinAcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1: Serializing the Memories of the Underground RailroadChapter 2: The Underground: From History to ImaginationChapter 3: Deconstructing the Slavery FilmChapter 4: Incidents in the Life of CoraChapter 5: A History of Race and ViolenceConclusionBibliographyAbout the Author

“Delphine Letort's Barry Jenkins and the Legacies of Slavery- The TV Series Adaptation of The Underground Railroad deploys a remarkably rich analysis which describes how American film and television obscurespast and present reality racism and sexism that the entertainment industry obscure by funding pollyannaishstories that avoid the dehumanizing fact of structural racism and male-centric narratives. Letort grasps thecorrelating aspects of visual, gender, and racial subjectivity and their systemic social history. Her bookprovides a meticulous analysis of Barry Jenkins’ television adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s The Underground Railroad. Barry Jenkins and the Legacies of Slavery should be required reading for courses onAmerican media, history, critical race theory, and womanism.”