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Screen saviors : Hollywood fictions of whiteness
- Title
- Screen saviors : Hollywood fictions of whiteness / Hernan Vera & Andrew M. Gordon.
- Author
- Vera, Hernan, 1937-
- Publication
- Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2002.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | PN1995.9.W45 V47 2002 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Gordon, Andrew, 1945-
- Description
- xii, 203 pages : illustrations; 27 cm
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Foreword: A Nation of Sheep / Joe R. Feagin -- 1. Learning to Be White through the Movies -- 2. The Divided White Self -- 3. The Beautiful White American : Sincere Fictions of the Savior -- 4. Amistad: Civilization and Its Contentments -- 5. Mutiny on the Bounty : Civilization and Its Discontents -- 6. Racism as a Project: Guess Who's Coming to Dinner -- 7. Scarlett and Mammy Revisited: White Women and Black Women in Hollywood Films -- 8. White Out: Racial Masquerade by Whites in American Film I -- 9. White Out: Racial Masquerade by Whites in American Film II -- 10. Black and White Buddies I -- 11. Black and White Buddies II -- 12. Conclusion: The Crisis of Whiteness.
- ISBN
- 0847699463 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0847699471 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2002010037
- OCLC
- 52893778
- ocm52893778
- SCSB-4334927
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries