Screen Saviors Hollywood Fictions of Whiteness

Name: Screen Saviors Hollywood Fictions of Whiteness
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ISBN: 9780847699476

ISBN-10: 0847699471

ISBN-13: 9780847699476

Edition: 2002

Authors: Hernï¿½n Vera, Andrew M. Gordon

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'Screen Saviors' studies how the self of whites is imagined in Hollywood movies, by white directors, featuring white protagonists interacting with people of another colour.

Book details

List price: $49.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/21/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 7.10" wide x 10.09" long x 0.58" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



Foreword: A Nation of Sheep



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Learning to Be White through the Movies



The Divided White Self



The Beautiful White American : Sincere Fictions of the Savior



Amistad: Civilization and Its Contentments



Mutiny on the Bounty : Civilization and Its Discontents



Racism as a Project: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner



Scarlett and Mammy Revisited: White Women and Black Women in Hollywood Films



White Out: Racial Masquerade by Whites in American Film I



White Out: Racial Masquerade by Whites in American Film II



Black and White Buddies I



Black and White Buddies II



Conclusion: The Crisis of Whiteness


Index


About the Authors