America on Film: Representing Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality at the Movies

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Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Acknowledgments; How to Use This Book; Part I: Culture and American Film; Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF FILM FORM AND REPRESENTATION; Film Form; American Ideologies: Discrimination and Resistance; Culture and Cultural Studies; Case Study: The Lion King (1994); Further Reading; Chapter 2: THE STRUCTURE AND HISTORY OF HOLLYWOOD FILMMAKING; Hollywood vs. Independent Film; The Style of Hollywood Cinema; The Business of Hollywood; The History of Hollywood: The Movies Begin; The Classical Hollywood Cinema; World War II and Postwar Film.;America on Film: Representing Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality in the Movies, 2nd Edition€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 Quinceąera. Cover Title Page Copyright Acknowledgments How to Use This Book Part I: Culture and American Film Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF FILM FORM AND REPRESENTATION Film Form American Ideologies: Discrimination and Resistance Culture and Cultural Studies Case Study: The Lion King (1994) Further Reading Chapter 2: THE STRUCTURE AND HISTORY OF HOLLYWOOD FILMMAKING Hollywood vs. Independent Film The Style of Hollywood Cinema The Business of Hollywood The History of Hollywood: The Movies Begin The Classical Hollywood Cinema World War II and Postwar Film. "New" Hollywood and the Blockbuster MentalityQuestions for Discussion Further Reading Further Screening Part II: Race and Ethnicity and American Film Chapter 3: THE CONCEPT OF WHITENESS AND AMERICAN FILM Seeing White Bleaching the Green: The Irish in American Cinema Looking for Respect: Italians in American Cinema A Special Case: Jews and Hollywood Case Study: The Jazz Singer (1927) Veiled and Reviled: Arabs on Film in America Conclusion: Whiteness and American Film Today Questions for Discussion Further Reading Further Screening Chapter 4: AFRICAN AMERICANS AND AMERICAN FILM. African Americans in Early FilmBlacks in Classical Hollywood Cinema World War II and the Postwar Social Problem Film The Rise and Fall of Blaxploitation Filmmaking Box: Blacks on TV Hollywood in the 1980s and the Arrival of Spike Lee Black Independent vs. "Neo-Blaxploitation" Filmmaking New Images for a New Century -- Or Not? Case Study: Bamboozled (2000) Questions for Discussion Further Reading Further Screening Chapter 5: NATIVE AMERICANS AND AMERICAN FILM The American "Indian" Before Film Ethnographic Films and the Rise of the Hollywood Western The Evolving Western. A Kinder, Gentler America?Case Study: Smoke Signals (1998) Conclusion: Twenty-First-Century Indians? Questions for Discussion Further Reading Further Screening Chapter 6: ASIAN AMERICANS AND AMERICAN FILM Silent Film and Asian Images Asians in Classical Hollywood Cinema World War II and After: War Films, Miscegenation Melodramas, and Kung Fu Contemporary Asian American Actors and Filmmakers Case Study: Eat a Bowl of Tea (1989) Questions for Discussion Further Reading Further Screening Chapter 7: LATINOS AND AMERICAN FILM The Greaser and the Latin Lover: Alternating Stereotypes. World War II and After: The Good Neighbor PolicyThe 1950s to the 1970s: Back to Business as Usual? Expanding Opportunities in Recent Decades Conclusion: A Backlash Against Chicanos? Case Study: My Family/Mi Familia (1995) Questions for Discussion Further Reading Further Screening Part III: Class and American Film Chapter 8: CLASSICAL HOLLYWOOD CINEMA AND CLASS Setting the Stage: The Industrial Revolution Early Cinema: The Rise of the Horatio Alger Myth Hollywood and Unionization Class in the Classical Hollywood Cinema Case Study: The Grapes of Wrath (1940).