What Movies Teach about Race : Exceptionalism, Erasure, and Entitlement.
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- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781498531825
- 302.2343
- PN1995.9.N4.S283 2017
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter One: What Is Movie Racialization? -- Chapter Two: How Media Frames Work -- Chapter Three: Reading Culturally Significant Movies -- Chapter Four: Who Really Makes Movies -- Chapter Five: Measuring Media Frames that Racialize Groups -- Chapter Six: Cueing Racist Ideologies -- Chapter Seven: Constructing Exceptionalism -- Chapter Eight: A Call to Action -- References -- Index -- About the Author.
This book examines rhetoric surrounding race and ethnicity in movies. By exploring the American movie industry's content, practices, and influences, Satchel calls for an interrogation of media conglomeration and convergence as potential global threats to democracy.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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