"Hollywood films are perhaps the most powerful storytellers in American history, and their depiction of race and culture has helped to shape the way people around the world respond to race and prejudice. Over the past one hundred years, films have moved from the radically-prejudiced views of pe...

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1. Verfasser:	Garrett, Greg 1961- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	New York, NY Oxford University Press [2020]
Schlagworte:	Geschichte Film Ethnische Beziehungen > Motiv USA African Americans in motion pictures Race in motion pictures Race relations in motion pictures African Americans in the motion picture industry / United States / History Motion pictures / United States / History SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies African Americans in the motion picture industry Motion pictures United States History
Zusammenfassung:	"Hollywood films are perhaps the most powerful storytellers in American history, and their depiction of race and culture has helped to shape the way people around the world respond to race and prejudice. Over the past one hundred years, films have moved from the radically-prejudiced views of people of color to the depiction of people of color by writers and filmmakers from within those cultures. In the process, we begin to see how films have depicted negative versions of people outside the white mainstream, and how film might become a vehicle for racial reconciliation. Religious traditions offer powerful correctives to our cultural narratives, and this work incorporates both narrative truthtelling and religious truthtelling as we consider race and film and work toward reconciliation. By exploring the hundred-year period from The Birth of a Nation to Get Out, this work acknowledges the racist history of America, and offers the possibility of hope for the future"--
Beschreibung:	243 Seiten Illustrationen 22 cm
ISBN:	9780190906252