Race and Media Literacy, Explained or Why Does the Black Guy Die First

"Drawing on cinema and popular media, Gooding offers guidance for honing media literacy skills with middle, high school, and undergraduate college students. Twelve concise racial rubrics are provided to help readers discern the disparate treatment of non-White characters onscreen, including an analysis of the top ten highest-grossing films of all time"--

About the author

Frederick W. Gooding, Jr. is associate professor of African American studies and the Dr. Ronald E. Moore Professor in Humanities in the Honors College at Texas Christian University.

Summary

Talking about race does not have to be incredibly awkward. In this book, Gooding offers twelve clear, cogent, and concise racial rubrics to help users of mainstream media more readily discern patterns hidden in plain sight. The text primarily leverages popular movies as the medium of analysis, but the rubrics apply to other forms of media.

Product details

• Authors: James A. Banks, Frederick W. Gooding, Frederick W Gooding Jr, Frederick W. Gooding Jr, Frederick W. Gooding Jr., Frederick W. Gooding Jr.
• Assisted by: James A Banks (Editor), James A. Banks (Editor)
• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.2024
• EAN: 9780807769409
• ISBN: 978-0-8077-6940-9
• No. of pages: 192
• Series: Multicultural Education; Multicultural Education Series
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet