America On Film Representing Race Class Gender And Sexuality At The Movies Benshoff by Benshoff, Harry M.;griffin, Sean 9781444357592, 144435759X instant download after payment.

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Acknowledgments; How to Use This Book; Part I: Culture and American Film; Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF FILM FORM AND REPRESENTATION; Film Form; American Ideologies: Discrimination and Resistance; Culture and Cultural Studies; Case Study: The Lion King (1994); Further Reading; Chapter 2: THE STRUCTURE AND HISTORY OF HOLLYWOOD FILMMAKING; Hollywood vs. Independent Film; The Style of Hollywood Cinema; The Business of Hollywood; The History of Hollywood: The Movies Begin; The Classical Hollywood Cinema; World War II and Postwar Film.;America on Film: Representing Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality in the Movies, 2nd Edition€is a lively introduction to issues of diversity as represented within the American cinema. Provides a comprehensive overview of the industrial, socio-cultural, and aesthetic factors that contribute to cinematic representations of race, class, gender, and sexuality Includes over 100 illustrations, glossary of key terms, questions for discussion, and lists for further reading/viewing Includes new case studies of a number of films, including Crash, Brokeback Mountain, and Quinceąera.