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In Hitler in the Movies: Finding Der Fuhrer on Film, a
Shakespearean and a sociologist explore the fascination our popular
culture has with Adolf Hitler. What made him ... Hitler? Do our
explanations tell us more about the perceiver than the actual
historical figure? We ask such question by viewing the Hitler
character in the movies. How have directors, actors, film critics,
and audiences accounted for this monster in a medium that reflects
public tastes and opinions? The book first looks at comedic films,
such as Chaplain's The Great Dictator or Ernst Lubitsch's To Be or
Not to Be (1942), along with the Mel Brooks's 1983 version. Then,
there is the Hitler of fantasy, from trash films like The Saved
Hitler's Brain to a serious work like The Boys from Brazil where
Hitler is cloned. Psychological portraits include Anthony Hopkins's
The Bunker, the surreal The Empty Mirror, and Max, a portrait of
Hitler in his days in Vienna as a would-be artist. Documentaries
and docudramas range from Leni Reinfenstahl's iconic The Triumph of
the Will or The Hidden Fuhrer, to the controversial Hitler: A Film
from Germany and Quentin Tarantino's fanciful Inglourious Basterds.
Hitler in the Movies also considers the ways Der Fuhrer remains
today, as a ghostly presence, if not an actual character. Why is he
still with us in everything from political smears to video games to
merchandise? In trying to explain this and the man himself, what
might we learn about ourselves and our society?
Screen Saviors studies how the self of whites is imagined in
Hollywood movies by white directors featuring white protagonists
interacting with people of another color. This collaboration by a
sociologist and a film critic, using the new perspective of
critical "white studies," offers a bold and sweeping critique of
almost a century's worth of American film, from Birth of Nation
(1915) through Black Hawk Down (2001). Screen Saviors studies the
way in which the social relations that we call "race" are
fictionalized and pictured in the movies. It argues that films are
part of broader projects that lead us to ignore or deny the nature
of the racial divide in which Americans live. Even as the images of
racial and ethnic minorities change across the twentieth century,
Hollywood keeps portraying the ideal white American self as
good-looking, powerful, brave, cordial, kind, firm, and generous: a
natural-born leader worthy of the loyalty of those of another
color. The book invites readers to conduct their own analyses of
films by showing how this can be done in over 50 Hollywood movies.
Among these are some films about the Civil War Birth of a Nation,
Gone with the Wind, and Glory; some about white messiahs who rescue
people of another color Stargate, To Kill a Mockingbird,
Mississippi Burning, Three Kings, and The Matrix; the three
versions of Mutiny on the Bounty (1935, 1962, and 1984) and
interracial romance Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. Forty years of
Hollywood fantasies of interracial harmony, from The Defiant Ones
and In the Heat of the Night through the Lethal Weapon series and
Men in Black are examined. This work in the sociology of knowledge
and cultural studies relates the movies of Hollywood to the large
political agendas on race relation in the United States. Screen
Saviors appeals to the general reader interested in the movies or
in race and ethnicity as well as to students of com
The continuing reality of racism in the United States is exposed in
the revised second edition of "White Racism." Taking issue with
those who claim the significance of racism is declining, the
authors focus on a series of notorious racial incidents, including
the Rodney King beating, revealing this "dirty little secret of
American life" as a fundamental social practice embedded in
cherished cultural and political institutions.
The Agony of Education is about the life experience of African
American students attending a historically white university. Based
on seventy-seven interviews conducted with black students and
parents concerning their experiences with one state university, as
well as published and unpublished studies of the black experience
at state universities at large, this study captures the painful
choices and agonizing dilemmas at the heart of the decisions
African Americans must make about higher education.
Many people of all ages today continue to be attracted to sociology
and other social sciences because of their promise to contribute to
better political, social, and moral understandings of themselves
and their social worlds-and often because they hope it will help
them to build a better society. In a world of new movements and
deepening economic inequality following the Great Recession, this
new edition is vital. It features dozens of new examples from the
latest research, with an emphasis on the next generation of
liberation sociologists. The authors expand on the previous edition
with the inclusion of sections on decolonisation paradigms in
criminology, critical speciesism, and studies of environmental
racism and environmental privilege. There is an expanded focus on
participatory action research, and increased coverage of
international liberation social scientists. Work by psychologists,
anthropologists, theologians, historians, and others who have
developed a liberation orientation for their disciplines is also
updated and expanded.
Liberation sociology is concerned with eliminating social
oppressions and creating truly just societies. Liberation sociology
takes sides with the oppressed and envisions an end to that
oppression. Liberation social scientists featured in this book
consciously try to step outside their groups or societies and view
them critically. The authors examine theories and research of
social scientists who ask, "Social science for what purpose?" and
"Social science for whom?" Case studies offer humanistic,
democratic, and activist answers. Featured researchers provide
tools to increase human abilities to understand deep social
realities, engage in better dialogues, and increase democratic
participation in use of knowledge.Many people of all ages today
continue to be attracted to sociology and other social sciences
because of their promise to contribute to better political, social,
and moral understandings of themselves and their social worlds-and
often because they hope it will help them to build a better
society. We accent the liberation potential of social science with
these social science teachers and students firmly in mind.
The study of racial and ethnic relations has become one of the
most written about aspects in sociology and sociological research.
In both North America and Europe, many "traditional" cultures are
feeling threatened by immigrants from Latin America, Africa and
Asia. This handbook is a true international collaboration looking
at racial and ethnic relations from an academic perspective. It
starts from the principle that sociology is at the hub of the human
sciences concerned with racial and ethnic relations.
Many people of all ages today continue to be attracted to sociology
and other social sciences because of their promise to contribute to
better political, social, and moral understandings of themselves
and their social worlds-and often because they hope it will help
them to build a better society. In a world of new movements and
deepening economic inequality following the Great Recession, this
new edition is vital. It features dozens of new examples from the
latest research, with an emphasis on the next generation of
liberation sociologists. The authors expand on the previous edition
with the inclusion of sections on decolonisation paradigms in
criminology, critical speciesism, and studies of environmental
racism and environmental privilege. There is an expanded focus on
participatory action research, and increased coverage of
international liberation social scientists. Work by psychologists,
anthropologists, theologians, historians, and others who have
developed a liberation orientation for their disciplines is also
updated and expanded.
"White Racism" probes white racism in contemporary society. Central
to the book's analysis is a careful documentation of key events
which demonstrate the process of racial victimization. The authors
focus on "notorious cases", including the Rodney King beating in
Los Angeles and its aftermath. The analysis of lesser known
anti-black activities - on a liberal college campus, in a heartland
city, and in chain restaurants - reveal the everyday character of
white racism. The authors' accounts give special attention to the
role of stereotyping and rumour, black reaction to white racism,
and the mass media's role in ritualized enactment of racialized
events.
In Hitler in the Movies: Finding Der Fuhrer on Film, a
Shakespearean and a sociologist explore the fascination our popular
culture has with Adolf Hitler. What made him ... Hitler? Do our
explanations tell us more about the perceiver than the actual
historical figure? We ask such question by viewing the Hitler
character in the movies. How have directors, actors, film critics,
and audiences accounted for this monster in a medium that reflects
public tastes and opinions? The book first looks at comedic films,
such as Chaplain's The Great Dictator or Ernst Lubitsch's To Be or
Not to Be (1942), along with the Mel Brooks's 1983 version. Then,
there is the Hitler of fantasy, from trash films like The Saved
Hitler's Brain to a serious work like The Boys from Brazil where
Hitler is cloned. Psychological portraits include Anthony Hopkins's
The Bunker, the surreal The Empty Mirror, and Max, a portrait of
Hitler in his days in Vienna as a would-be artist. Documentaries
and docudramas range from Leni Reinfenstahl's iconic The Triumph of
the Will or The Hidden Fuhrer, to the controversial Hitler: A Film
from Germany and Quentin Tarantino's fanciful Inglourious Basterds.
Hitler in the Movies also considers the ways Der Fuhrer remains
today, as a ghostly presence, if not an actual character. Why is he
still with us in everything from political smears to video games to
merchandise? In trying to explain this and the man himself, what
might we learn about ourselves and our society?
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