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The Myth of Colorblindness

Race and Ethnicity in American Cinema

Produktform: Buch / Einband - flex.(Paperback)

This book explores representations of race and ethnicity in contemporary cinema and the ways in which these depictions all too often promulgate an important racial ideology: the myth of colorblindness.  Colorblindness is a discursive framework employed by mainstream, neoliberal media to celebrate a multicultural society while simultaneously disregarding its systemic and institutionalized racism. This collection is unique in its examination of such films as , , , , franchise, and , which celebrate the myth of colorblindness, yet perpetuate and entrench the racism and racial inequities that persist in contemporary society.  While the #OscarsSoWhite movement has been essential to bringing about structural changes to media industries and offers the opportunity for a wide diversity of voices to alter and transform the dominant, colorblind narratives continue to proliferate.  As this book demonstrates, Hollywood still has a long way to go. weiterlesen

Sprache(n): Englisch

ISBN: 978-3-030-17449-1 / 978-3030174491 / 9783030174491

Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Erscheinungsdatum: 09.10.2020

Seiten: 304

Auflage: 1

Herausgegeben von Sarah E. Turner, Sarah Nilsen

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