Mary K. Bloodsworth-Lugo, Carmen R. Lugo-Lugo

Projecting 9/11

Race, Gender, and Citizenship in Recent Hollywood Films

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Projecting 9/11 looks at how the themes of race, gender, and citizenship are treated in more than 20 recent movies. The book highlights racial and gender stereotypes and shows how characters are portrayed as un-American or "other." The book illustrates how films both reflect social realities in America and also help create them.

Produktdetails

• Perspectives on a Multiracial America
• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 202
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 488g
• ISBN-13: 9781442218260
• ISBN-10: 1442218266
• Artikelnr.: 41251139

Autorenporträt

Mary K. Bloodsworth-Lugo is professor of critical culture, gender, and race studies at Washington State University. Carmen R. Lugo-Lugo is associate professor of critical culture, gender, and race studies at Washington State University. Together they are the authors of Animating Difference, with C. Richard King.

Inhaltsangabe

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 1: INTRODUCTION 2: WHITE MASCULINITY AND THE (IN)SECURITY OF 9
11 3: WAR AND SEXUALIZED
RACIALIZED THREATS 4: NARRATIVES OF THREAT AND 9
11 MONSTERS 5: 9
11 TRANSNATIONALISM AND GENDERED CITIZENSHIP 6: ANIMATED 9
11 RACIALITY CONCEPTIONS OF PROGRESS 7: THE GREAT RECESSION AND WHITE MASCULINE (IN)SECURITY AGAIN 8: 9
11 END OF DAYS HOLLYWOOD BIBLIOGRAPHY FILMOGRAPHY