What Movies Teach about Race : Exceptionalism, Erasure, and Entitlement.

What Movies Teach about Race : Exceptionalism, Erasure, and Entitlement.

This book examines rhetoric surrounding race and ethnicity in movies. By exploring the American movie industry's content, practices, and influences, Satchel calls for an interrogation of media conglomeration and convergence as potential global threats to democracy.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Satchel, Roslyn M.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Blue Ridge Summit : Lexington Books, 2016.
Series:Rhetoric, race, and religion.
Subjects:
1900-1999
African Americans in motion pictures.
Race in motion pictures.
Race relations in motion pictures.
Stereotypes (Social psychology) in motion pictures.
Motion picture industry > United States > History > 20th century.
Motion pictures > Social aspects > History and criticism.
PERFORMING ARTS > Reference.
African Americans in motion pictures
Motion picture industry
Motion pictures > Social aspects
Race in motion pictures
Race relations in motion pictures
Stereotypes (Social psychology) in motion pictures
United States
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter One: What Is Movie Racialization?; Chapter Two: How Media Frames Work; Chapter Three: Reading Culturally Significant Movies; Chapter Four: Who Really Makes Movies; Chapter Five: Measuring Media Frames that Racialize Groups; Chapter Six: Cueing Racist Ideologies; Chapter Seven: Constructing Exceptionalism; Chapter Eight: A Call to Action; References; Index; About the Author.

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