America on Film - Representing Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality At the Movies

Informationen zum Autor Sean Griffin is Associate Professor of Cinema and Television at Southern Methodist University.Harry M. Benshoff is Associate Professor of Radio, Television, and Film at the University of North Texas. Klappentext America on Film: Representing Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality in the Movies is a lively introduction to issues of diversity as represented within the American cinema.* Provides a comprehensive overview of the industrial, socio-cultural, and aesthetic factors that contribute to cinematic representations of race, class, gender, and sexuality* Includes over 100 illustrations, glossary of key terms, questions for discussion, and lists for further reading/viewing* Includes new case studies of a number of films, including Crash, Brokeback Mountain, and Quinceañera Zusammenfassung America on Film is a lively introduction to issues of diversity found within the American cinema. The book chronicles the cinematic history of various cultural groups, examines bias, and explores the relationship between film and national culture. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments.How to Use This Book.Part I Culture and American Film.1. Introduction to the Study of Film Form and Representation.2. The Structure and History of Hollywood Filmmaking.Part II Race and Ethnicity and American Film.Introduction to Part II: What is Race?.3. The Concept of Whiteness and American Film.4. African Americans and American Film.5. Native Americans and American Film.6. Asian Americans and American Film.7. Latinos and American Film.Part III Class and American Film.Introduction to Part III: What is Class?.8. Classical Hollywood Cinema and Class.9. Cinematic Class Struggle After the Depression.Part IV Gender and American Film.Introduction to Part IV: What is Gender?.10. Women in Classical Hollywood Filmmaking.11. Exploring the Visual Parameters of Women in Film.12. Masculinity in Classical Hollywood Filmmaking.13. Gender in American Film Since the 1960s.Part V Sexuality and American Film.Introduction to Part V: What is Sexuality?.14. Heterosexuality, Homosexuality, and Classical Hollywood.15. Sexualities on Film Since the Sexual Revolution.Part VI Disability and American Film.Introduction to Part VI: What is Disability?.16. Cinematic Images of Disability.17. Making Connections.Case Study 1: Queen Christina (1933).Case Study 2: The Old Maid (1939).Case Study 3: The Gang's All Here (1943).Case Study 4: Erin Brockovich (2000).Case Study 5: 8 Mile (2002).Case Study 6: Better Luck Tomorrow (2003).Case Study 7: Saving Face (2004).Case Study 8: Crash (2004).Case Study 9: The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio (2005).Case Study 10: Brokeback Mountain (2005).Case Study 11: Quinceañera (2006).Glossary.Index...

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Acknowledgments.How to Use This Book.Part I Culture and American Film.1. Introduction to the Study of Film Form and Representation.2. The Structure and History of Hollywood Filmmaking.Part II Race and Ethnicity and American Film.Introduction to Part II: What is Race?.3. The Concept of Whiteness and American Film.4. African Americans and American Film.5. Native Americans and American Film.6. Asian Americans and American Film.7. Latinos and American Film.Part III Class and American Film.Introduction to Part III: What is Class?.8. Classical Hollywood Cinema and Class.9. Cinematic Class Struggle After the Depression.Part IV Gender and American Film.Introduction to Part IV: What is Gender?.10. Women in Classical Hollywood Filmmaking.11. Exploring the Visual Parameters of Women in Film.12. Masculinity in Classical Hollywood Filmmaking.13. Gender in American Film Since the 1960s.Part V Sexuality and American Film.Introduction to Part V: What is Sexuality?.14. Heterosexuality, Homosexuality, and Classical Hollywood.15. Sexualities on Film Since the Sexual Revolution.Part VI Disability and American Film.Introduction to Part VI: What is Disability?.16. Cinematic Images of Disability.17. Making Connections.Case Study 1: Queen Christina (1933).Case Study 2: The Old Maid (1939).Case Study 3: The Gang's All Here (1943).Case Study 4: Erin Brockovich (2000).Case Study 5: 8 Mile (2002).Case Study 6: Better Luck Tomorrow (2003).Case Study 7: Saving Face (2004).Case Study 8: Crash (2004).Case Study 9: The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio (2005).Case Study 10: Brokeback Mountain (2005).Case Study 11: Quinceañera (2006).Glossary.Index

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"Concluding each chapter are discussion questions and lists of further reading and relevant films. Particularly valuable are the 28 two-page case studies (e.g., of Lion King, Jazz Singer, Grapes of Wrath, Gilda, Celluloid Closet, Crash, Brokeback Mountain) scattered throughout. These analyze the films in terms of culture group. A model of sociological criticism and an invaluable tool (in classroom or library) for film students." (CHOICE, August 2009)"America on Film is a different kind of film studies textbook. It's an invaluable resource for classes examining the politics of Hollywood." Ted Friedman, Associate Professor of Moving Image Studies, Georgia State University"The authors do a remarkable job at presenting contexts for identifying and tracking the historical constructions of race, gender, class and sexuality ... They successfully present a rich history, with references to hundreds of films." Scope Journal"America on Film provides a clear and expansive examination of the complexities of representation and identity in American cinema. I currently use Benshoff and Griffin's book in my introductory film class on multiculturalism, and I look forward to using this new edition." Vicki Callahan , University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee"In this era of diversity, American on Film is a great resource that clarifies critical concepts of inequality and illustrates how film representations can frame groups thus providing tools for thinking critically about the media we consume." Elizabeth Higginbotham, University of Delaware"America on Film does what no other film textbook does: it takes its investigation of film beyond a study of form, production and exhibition, exposing how film functions as a powerful cultural agent for shaping American perceptions of race, gender, class and ability." Alison Landsberg, George Mason University

Product details

• Authors: Harry Benshoff, Harry M. Benshoff, Harry M. Griffin Benshoff, Sean Griffin
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.01.2009
• EAN: 9781405170550
• ISBN: 978-1-4051-7055-0
• No. of pages: 472
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication