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Record Nr.

UNINA9910798865703321

Autore

Satchel Roslyn M.

Titolo

What movies teach about race : exceptionalism, erasure, and entitlement / / Roslyn M. Satchel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

1-4985-3183-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (187 pages) : illustrations, tables

Collana

Rhetoric, Race, and Religion

Disciplina

791.4308996073

Soggetti

African Americans in motion pictures

Race in motion pictures

Race relations in motion pictures

Stereotypes (Social psychology) in motion pictures

Motion picture industry - United States - History - 20th century

Motion pictures - Social aspects - History and criticism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- What is movie racialization? -- How media frames work -- Who really makes movies -- Reading movies -- Measuring media frames that racialize groups -- Cueing racist ideologies -- Constructing exceptionalism -- A call to action.