Seminar: Boyz N the Hood
John Singleton’s landmark 1991 film Boyz n the Hood functions simultaneously as a quintessential coming of age tale, a Black audience cult favorite, an archetype of the “hood film” cycle of the 1990s, and a star vehicle for Black talent who would go on to become major figures in Hollywood in the decades after its release.
This seminar will examine how the film makes Black death on screen matter in ways that few films had either before or since.
About Mikal J. Gaines
Mikal J. Gaines, Ph.D is an Associate Professor of English at the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. He teaches courses in Academic Writing and Research, Writing in the Humanities, Introduction to Film, and Speculative Fiction and Film. His work has appeared in ASAP/J, Discourse, The Projector, the Journal of Cinema and Media Studies, and Literature Interpretation Theory. His research areas include African American Literature, Film, and Popular Culture, Horror and Gothic Studies, and Critical Theory.
