Binding: Paperback
Description: A comprehensive and insightful examination of the representation of diverse viewpoints and perspectives in American cinema throughout the 20th and 21st centuries America on Film: Representing Race Class Gender and Sexuality at the Movies now in its third edition is an authoritative and lively examination of diversity issues within American cinema. Celebrated authors and academics Harry M. Benshoff and Sean Griffin provide readers with a comprehensive discussion and overview of the industrial socio - cultural and aesthetic factors that contribute to cinematic representations of race class gender sexuality and ability. The book incorporates several different theoretical perspectives including film genre auteurism cultural studies Orientalism the "male gaze " feminism and queer theory. The authors examine each selected subject via representative films figures and movements. Each chapter also includes an in - depth analysis of a single film to illuminate and inform its discussion of the chosen topic. America on Film fearlessly approaches and tackles several controversial areas of representation in film including the portrayal of both masculinity and femininity in film and African - and Asian - Americans in film. It devotes the entirety of Part V to an analysis of the depiction of sex and sexuality in American film with a particular emphasis on the portrayal of homosexuality. Topics covered include: The structure and history of American filmmaking including a discussion of the evolution of the business of Hollywood cinema African Americans and American film with a discussion of Blac Kk Klansman informing its examination of broader issues Asian Latin/x and Native Americans on film Classical Hollywood cinema and class with an in - depth examination of The Florida Project Women in classical Hollywood filmmaking including a discussion of the 1955 film All that Heaven Allows Perfect for undergraduate and graduate students in film media and diversity - related courses the book also belongs on the shelves of anyone interested in diversity issues in the context of American studies communications history or gender studies. Lastly it's ideal for use within corporate diversity training curricula and human relations training within the entertainment industry.
Title: America On Film Representing Race Class Gender And Sexuality At The Movies
Author(s): Griffin Sean (Southern Methodist University Usa)
Publisher: John Wiley And Sons Ltd
Barcode: 9781118743652
Pages: 448 Pages
Publication Date: 4/20/2021
Category: Film Theory & Criticism