Gender, Ethnicity, and Sexuality in Contemporary American Film
(Part of the British Association for American Studies Paperbacks Series)
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Over the past ten years Hollywood has devoted big budgets and established stars to films about controversial issues, while identities previously considered marginal have come into prominence on the big screen. The authors examine the issues raised by these developments, bringing together debates in identity politics with film studies and launching an innovative theorisation of cinematic representation of identity. Movies from Forrest Gump to Philadelphia, from Malcolm X to Falling Down, have engaged explicitly with notions of multiculturalism and identity politics. This book is concerned pre-eminently with the meanings put into circulation by these mainstream films and audiences' readings of them. It provides a brief and accessible introduction to such issues as arguments over positive and negative images and the relationship between cultural representation and political power.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:185331174X
ISBN13:9781853311741
Release Date:March 1998
Publisher:Edinburgh University Press
Length:156 Pages
Weight:0.49 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 5.5" x 8.4"
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
Related Subjects
Americas Arts, Music & Photography Criticism & Theory Documentaries Gay & Lesbian History History & Criticism Humor & Entertainment Literary Criticism Literature & Fiction Movies Performing Arts Politics & Social Sciences Social Science Social Sciences Women in History Women's StudiesCustomer Reviews
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