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Race in American Film [3 volumes] - Voices and Visions That Shaped a Nation (Hardcover)
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Race in American Film [3 volumes] - Voices and Visions That Shaped a Nation (Hardcover)
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This expansive three-volume set investigates racial representation
in film, providing an authoritative cross-section of the most
racially significant films, actors, directors, and movements in
American cinematic history. Hollywood has always reflected current
American cultural norms and ideas. As such, film provides a window
into attitudes about race and ethnicity over the last century. This
comprehensive set provides information on hundreds of films chosen
based on scholarly consensus of their importance regarding the
subject, examining aspects of race and ethnicity in American film
through the historical context, themes, and people involved. This
three-volume set highlights the most important films and artists of
the era, identifying films, actors, or characterizations that were
considered racist, were tremendously popular or hugely influential,
attempted to be progressive, or some combination thereof. Readers
will not only learn basic information about each subject but also
be able to contextualize it culturally, historically, and in terms
of its reception to understand what average moviegoers thought
about the subject at the time of its popularity-and grasp how the
subject is perceived now through the lens of history. Views the
films via a historical approach in which every subject is
considered both through a contemporary lens and in terms of the
time of its production and initial reception Provides up-to-date
information on recent movies such as Selma (2014), The Fast and The
Furious (2001-2015), 12 Years a Slave (2013), Django Unchained
(2012), and Lone Survivor (2013) Provides readers with the
information and background necessary to form informed views about
racial representation in film-still an important "hot-button"
subject today Edited by top scholars in the field, Daniel Bernardi
and Michael Green, and contains entries by other important experts,
such as Andrew Gordon and Priscilla Ovalle
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