Myth of Colorblindness

Race and Ethnicity in American Cinema

Inbunden, Engelska, 2019

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This book explores representations of race and ethnicity in contemporary cinema and the ways in which these depictions all too often promulgate an important racial ideology: the myth of colorblindness.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2019-10-09
Mått148 x 210 x 22 mm
Vikt523 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor304
FörlagSpringer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN9783030174460

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Media och underhållning inom Ekonomi och Ledarskap
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Sarah E. Turner is a Senior Lecturer of English at the University of Vermont, USA. She is the co-editor of The Colorblind Screen: Television in Post-Racial America (2014). Her work has appeared in a variety of critical texts including MELUS, Diversity in Disney Films, The Films of Stephen King, and Networking Knowledge: Girls in Popular Culture.Sarah Nilsen is an Associate Professor of Film and Television Studies at the University of Vermont, USA. She is the author of Projecting America: Film and Cultural Diplomacy at the Brussels World’s Fair of 1958 (2011) and co-editor of The Colorblind Screen: Television in Post-Racial America (2014). Other publications include essays on critical race theory, Disney studies, and Cold War culture.

Introduction.- Part I: Colorblindness.- 2. Colorblindness: The Lens that Distorts.- 3. Why Hollywood Remains “SoWhite” and a Note on How to Change It.- PART II: Colorblind Racism in Hollywood Films.- 4. Living in Zootopia: Tracking the Neoliberal Subject in a Colorblind World.- 5. The Paradox of Post-racialism: Black Hollywood’s Voice in Post-Racial Discourse.- 6. Colorblind Racism, The Trump Effect, and The Blind Side.- 7. Will Smith: A Global Brand of Blackness.- 8. Tricks of the (Colorblind) Trade: Hollywood’s Preservation of White Supremacy in the Age of Obama.- PART III: Intersections Between Race, Ethinicity, and Gender and Colorblind Racism in Hollywood.- 9. Zombies, Muslims, and Politics: Racism without Race in Contemporary America.- 10. Latinas/os in Hollywood: Contemporary Representations in Black and White.- 11. Tonto and The Lone Ranger: Nostalgic Kitsch or Post-Racial Backlash?.- 12. Cyborg Woman: Ex Machina and Racial Otherness.- 13. The End of the World, Hollywood, and the Endurance of Military Violence: Elysium and World War Z.