TY - JOUR
T1 - “The True Story of the Ku Klux Klan”
T2 - Defining the Klan through Film
AU - Rice, Tom
N1 - Special Issue on Film and Popular Culture.
PY - 2008/12
Y1 - 2008/12
N2 - In 1923 the Ku Klux Klan produced two films, The Toll of Justice and The Traitor Within. This article considers, for the first time, what the representation, promotion and exhibition of these films suggests about the ways in which the Klan sought to promote and define itself at the height of its power. It examines the cinematic articulations of Klan policies and explores the broader engagement of the Klan and cinema. In doing this, the article repositions film as a contributing factor in the growth and development of the modern Klan during the 1920s.
AB - In 1923 the Ku Klux Klan produced two films, The Toll of Justice and The Traitor Within. This article considers, for the first time, what the representation, promotion and exhibition of these films suggests about the ways in which the Klan sought to promote and define itself at the height of its power. It examines the cinematic articulations of Klan policies and explores the broader engagement of the Klan and cinema. In doing this, the article repositions film as a contributing factor in the growth and development of the modern Klan during the 1920s.
U2 - 10.1017/S0021875808005537
DO - 10.1017/S0021875808005537
M3 - Article
SN - 0021-8758
VL - 42
SP - 471
EP - 488
JO - Journal of American Studies
JF - Journal of American Studies
IS - 3
ER -