| Description |
xii, 281 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
1. The loud and the silent : global film in the twenty-first century -- 2. Children and adults : animated cartoons -- 3. Civilized and savage : antiquity movies -- 4. The tamers and the wild : wilderness adventure -- 5. The prolific and the idle : westerns and southerns -- 6. The prude and the lewd : romantic and erotic encounters -- 7. Helpers and helpless : colonial adventure -- 8. Friends and foes : spy, action, and war movies -- 9. Believers and heathens : religious films -- 10. The advanced and the backward : science fiction and space adventure -- 11. Other people's dreams |
| Summary |
"Screening Difference takes us on a fascinating voyage through major movie blockbusters that deal with the encounter between "us" - mainstream white Hollywood - and "them" - the filmic representations of other races, ethnicities, and cultures. Looking at subtle orientations in casting and makeup, sets and props, lighting and camera movements, and music and language, this lively book follows the best-known genres and sub-genres - from animated cartoons and wilderness films to romantic movies and colonial adventures. Screening Difference tracks the stories back to their origins and patiently dissects the hidden messages that have crept into them."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Exoticism in motion pictures.
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Race in motion pictures.
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Motion pictures -- United States.
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| LC no. |
2007011064 |
| ISBN |
9780742555839 cloth alkaline paper |
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0742555836 cloth alkaline paper |
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9780742555846 paperback alkaline paper |
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0742555844 paperback alkaline paper |
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