The myth of colorblindness : race and ethnicity in American cinema / Sarah E. Turner, Sarah Nilsen, editors.
Turner, Sarah E.; Nilsen, Sarah.
2019
PN1995.9.M56
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Title The myth of colorblindness : race and ethnicity in American cinema / Sarah E. Turner, Sarah Nilsen, editors.
ISBN 9783030174477 (electronic book)
3030174476 (electronic book)
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17
Published Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xii, 304 pages).
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-3-030-17 doi
Call Number PN1995.9.M56
Dewey Decimal Classification 791.436520693
Summary This book explores representations of race and ethnicity in contemporary cinema and the ways in which these depictions all too often promulgate an important racial ideology: the myth of colorblindness. Colorblindness is a discursive framework employed by mainstream, neoliberal media to celebrate a multicultural society while simultaneously disregarding its systemic and institutionalized racism. This collection is unique in its examination of such films as Ex Machina, The Lone Ranger, The Blind Side, Zootopia, The Fast and the Furious franchise, and Dope, which celebrate the myth of colorblindness, yet perpetuate and entrench the racism and racial inequities that persist in contemporary society. While the #OscarsSoWhite movement has been essential to bringing about structural changes to media industries and offers the opportunity for a wide diversity of voices to alter and transform the dominant, colorblind narratives continue to proliferate. As this book demonstrates, Hollywood still has a long way to go.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed October 7, 2019).
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Nilsen, Sarah.
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Introduction
Part I: Colorblindness
2. Colorblindness: The Lens that Distorts
3. Why Hollywood Remains "SoWhite" and a Note on How to Change It
PART II: Colorblind Racism in Hollywood Films
4. Living in Zootopia: Tracking the Neoliberal Subject in a Colorblind World
5. The Paradox of Post-racialism: Black Hollywoods Voice in Post-Racial Discourse
6. Colorblind Racism, The Trump Effect, and The Blind Side
7. Will Smith: A Global Brand of Blackness
8. Tricks of the (Colorblind) Trade: Hollywoods Preservation of White Supremacy in the Age of Obama
PART III: Intersections Between Race, Ethinicity, and Gender and Colorblind Racism in Hollywood
9. Zombies, Muslims, and Politics: Racism without Race in Contemporary America
10. Latinas/os in Hollywood: Contemporary Representations in Black and White
11. Tonto and The Lone Ranger: Nostalgic Kitsch or Post-Racial Backlash?
12. Cyborg Woman: Ex Machina and Racial Otherness
13. The End of the World, Hollywood, and the Endurance of Military Violence: Elysium and World War Z.

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