Darius James
Darius James (a.k.a. Snakeskin, born 1954) is an African-American author and performance artist. He is the author of That's Blaxploitation: Roots of the Baadasssss 'Tude (Rated X by an All-Whyte Jury), an unorthodox, semi-autobiographical history of the blaxploitation film genre, and Negrophobia: An Urban Parable, a satirical novel written in screenplay form.
Darius James
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- Darius James
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- 1954
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- United States
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- non-fiction · science fiction
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Darius James (a.k.a. Snakeskin, born 1954) is an African-American author and performance artist. He is the author of That's Blaxploitation: Roots of the Baadasssss 'Tude (Rated X by an All-Whyte Jury), an unorthodox, semi-autobiographical history of the blaxploitation film genre, and Negrophobia: An Urban Parable, a satirical novel written in screenplay form.
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His work is influenced by the Voodoo religion. James lives in Hamden, Connecticut. He appeared in the 2006 film Black Deutschland (James had lived in Berlin). He co-wrote and appeared in a feature-length film released in 2013, The United States of Hoodoo.
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• Name — Darius James • Born — 1954 • Birthplace — United States • Occupation — Author • Genre — Non-fiction
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• That's Blaxploitation: Roots of the Baadasssss 'Tude (Rated X by an All'Whyte Jury) • Negrophobia: An Urban Parable • Voodoo Stew (German/English), Verbrecher Verlag Berlin, 2004 • Froggie Chocolate's Christmas Eve / Froggie Chocolates Weihnachtsabend (German/English), Verbrecher Verlag Berlin, 2005
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- 1.B. Fein, Esther. Book Notes. The New York Times. June 17, 1992.
- 2.James, Darius. That's Blaxploitation!: Roots of the Baadasssss 'Tude (Rated X by an All-Whyte Jury). St. Martin's Press. 1995. 0-312-13192-5.
- 3.Hoodoo.stokedfilm.com.
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