The white savior film : content, critics, and consumption /

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The cinematic trope of the white savior film-think of Sandra Bullock in The Blind Side, Kevin Costner in Dances with Wolves, or Tom Cruise in The Last Samurai-features messianic characters in unfamiliar or hostile settings discovering something about themselves and their culture in the process of sa...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hughey, Matthew W. (Matthew Windust) (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2014.
Temas:
White people in motion pictures.
Race in motion pictures.
Motion pictures > Social aspects > United States.
Race au cinéma.
Cinéma > Aspect social > États-Unis.
PERFORMING ARTS > Reference.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Motion pictures > Social aspects.
Weiße.
Film.
Rassismus
United States.
USA.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The savior trope and the modern meanings of whiteness
  • White savior films : The content of their character
  • Reviewing whiteness : Critics and their commentary
  • Watching whiteness : Audience consumption and community
  • The significance of white saviors in a "postracial" world
  • Appendix A : Data and methodology for content analysis of film
  • Appendix B : Data and methodology for film reviews
  • Appendix C : Data and methodology for film audiences.

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