Visible and Invisible Whiteness examines the complicity between
Classical Hollywood narratives or genres and representations of
white supremacy in the cinema. Close readings of D.W. Griffith's
The Birth of a Nation by James Agee and James Baldwin explore these
authors' perspectives on the American mythologies which ground
Griffith's film. The intersectionality of Bordwell's theories on
Classical Hollywood Narrative versus Art Cinema and Richard Dyer's
seminal work on whiteness forms the theoretical base for the book.
Featured films are those which have been undervalued or banned due
to their hybrid natures with respect to Hollywood and Art Cinema
techniques, such as Samuel Fuller's White Dog and Jean Renoir's The
Southerner. The book offers comparative analyses of American
studio-based directors as well as European and European emigres
directors. It appeals to scholars of Film Theory, African American
and Whiteness Studies. It provides insight for readers concerned
about the re-emergence of white supremacist tensions in
contemporary America.
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