Reversing the Lens Ethnicity, Race, Gender, and Sexuality Through Film

Name: Reversing the Lens Ethnicity, Race, Gender, and Sexuality Through Film
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ISBN: 9780870817250

ISBN-10: 0870817256

ISBN-13: 9780870817250

Edition: 2003

Authors: Jun Xing, Lane Ryo Hirabayashi, Ed Guerrero

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This book brings together noted scholars in history, anthropology, sociology, ethnic studies and film studies to promote film as a powerful classroom tool that can be used to foster cross-cultural communication with respect to race and ethnicity. Through such films as: Skin Deep; Slaying the Dragon; and Mississippi Masala; contributors demonstrate why and how visual media help delineate various forms of critical visual thinking and examine how radicalisation is either sedimented or contested in the popular imagination. Not limited to classroom use, the book is relevant to anyone who is curious about how video and film can be utilised to expose race as a social construction that -- in…

Book details

List price: $23.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: University Press of Colorado
Publication date: 4/28/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.90" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



Foreword


Preface


Acknowledgments



Beyond the Image



Introduction




Media Empowerment, Smashing Stereotypes, and Developing Empathy




Representing Racialized Communities



Video Constructions of Asian America: Teaching Monterey's Boat People




American Indians in Film: Thematic Contours of Cinematic Colonization




El Espejo/The Mirror: Reflections of Cultural Memory




Mississippi Masala: Crossing Desire and Interest




Skin Deep: Using Video to Teach Race and Critical Thinking




Ethnicity, Race, Gender, Sexuality, and the Politics of Representation



Confronting Gender Stereotypes of Asian American Women: Slaying the Dragon




Screens and Bars: Confronting Cinema Representations of Race and Crime




The Queering of Chicana Studies: Philosophy, Text, and Image




The Matrix: Using American Popular Film to Teach Concepts of Eastern Mysticism




Beyond the Hollywood Hype: Unmasking State Oppression Against People of Color




Retrospect and Prospects



Self, Society, and the "Other": Using Film to Teach About Ethnicity and Race




The Issue of Reinscription: Pedagogical Responses



Selected Filmography


List of Contributors


Index