ISBN: 9780415774123

The Persistence of Whiteness investigates the representation and narration of race in contemporary Hollywood cinema. Ideologies of class, ethnicity, gender, nation and sexuality are centr… Meer...

The Persistence of Whiteness investigates the representation and narration of race in contemporary Hollywood cinema. Ideologies of class, ethnicity, gender, nation and sexuality are central concerns as are the growth of the business of filmmaking. Focusing on representations of Black, Asian, Jewish, Latina/o and Native Americans identities, this collection also shows how whiteness is a fact everywhere in contemporary Hollywood cinema, crossing audiences, authors, genres, studios and styles.Bringing together essays from respected film scholars, the collection covers a wide range of important films, including Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, The Color Purple, Star Wars and The Lord of the Rings. Essays also consider genres from the western to blaxploitation and new black cinema; provocative filmmakers such as Melvin Van Peebles and Steven Spielberg and stars including Whoopi Goldberg and Jennifer Lopez.Daniel Bernardi provides an in-depth introduction, comprehensive bibliography and a helpful glossary of terms, thus providing students with an accessible and topical collection on race and ethnicity in contemporary cinema. Trade Books>Hardcover>Movies & TV>Film Studies>Film Studies, Taylor & Francis Core >2<

ISBN: 9780415774123

Hardback, [PU: Taylor & Francis Ltd], Investigates representation and narration of race in contemporary Hollywood cinema, centring on ideologies of class, ethnicity, gender, nation and se… Meer...

Hardback, [PU: Taylor & Francis Ltd], Investigates representation and narration of race in contemporary Hollywood cinema, centring on ideologies of class, ethnicity, gender, nation and sexuality as well as growth of the business of filmmaking. This book shows how whiteness is a fact everywhere in contemporary Hollywood cinema, crossing audiences, authors, genres, studios and styles., Popular Culture<

2007, ISBN: 9780415774123

Race and Contemporary Hollywood Cinema, Buch, Hardcover, [PU: Routledge], Routledge, 2007

2007, ISBN: 9780415774123

Race and Contemporary Hollywood Cinema, Hardcover, Buch, [PU: Routledge]