Vincent F Rocchio

Reel Racism

Confronting Hollywood's Construction of Afro-American Culture

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Produktbeschreibung

This book attempts to make the study of racism and media accessible to everyone, by defining terms and discussing methods that help develop more critical perspectives towards the messages of the mass media in general, and towards race specifically.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. September 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9780367317645
• ISBN-10: 0367317648
• Artikelnr.: 57784690

Autorenporträt

Vincent F. Rocchio is visiting assistant professor of film studies at Dartmouth College. He has also published articles in The Spectator, Film Quarterly, and The National Catholic Reporter . He is a founding member of the Ekklesia Project and currently lives in Lawrence, MA.

Inhaltsangabe

Of Racism and Representation
Introduction: Revisiting Racism and Cinema
The Birth of a (Racist) Nation(al) Cinema
Cinema and the Maintenance of Privilege
The Gods Must Be Crazy (Privileged, but Crazy)
Driving Miss Daisy (Because She's White and I'm Not!)
Mississippi (and History) Burning
Confronting Racism and Representation
A World Apart (from the World of Privilege)
School Daze and the Politics of Appropriation
Do the Right Thing: Style as Confrontation
Daughters of the Dust and the Figurative as Mode of Resistance
The Great White Man of Lambarene and the Limits of Representation
Epilogue: Racism, Representation, and the Role of Theory