Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Queering the Color Line Queering the Color Line Siobhan B. Somerville Queering the Color Line transforms previous understandings of how homosexuality was “invented” as a category of identity in the United States beginning in the late nineteenth century. Analyzing a ran… OL17371695W
Tropical multiculturalism Tropical multiculturalism Robert Stam Summary:Examines discourses on race and ethnicity as played out in Brazilian Cinema from 1898 to the present. Cultural, historical, political, and religious themes are treated in a discussion of the … OL17991454W
Our gang Our gang Julia Sun-Joo Lee "It was the age of Jim Crow, riddled with racial violence and unrest. But in the world of Our Gang, black and white children happily played and made mischief together. They even had their own black a… OL20023143W
What movies teach about race What movies teach about race Roslyn M. Satchel "This book reveals the way that media frames in entertainment content persuade audiences to see themselves and others through a prescriptive lens that favors whiteness. These media representations th… OL20056657W
Racial stigma on the Hollywood screen Racial stigma on the Hollywood screen Brian Locke This title charts the evolution, from the World War II period to the present day, of racial relationships and their repercussions in Hollywood films and examines a neglected sub-genre. OL20548071W
Masculinity in the interracial buddy film Masculinity in the interracial buddy film Melvin Burke Donalson "This work analyzes the interracial relationships, the heterosexual masculine roles within the films and the various genres in which the buddy film has surfaced. The book is arranged in six chapters,… OL4972879W