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Richardson, Michael, 1953-
Otherness in Hollywood cinema / Michael Richardson. - New York : Continuum, 2010. - xii, 260 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 248-254), filmography (p. 238-247), and index.
Introduction : Hollywood cinema and the "Other" -- The Other and the wilderness -- The myth of the frontier -- Chasing Chinese shadows : the Yellow Peril reconsidered -- The exotic as spectacle -- Otherness in the night : film noir -- Of monsters and cold wars -- The myth of the zombie -- Apocalypse now on a borderline of consciousness -- Refigurations of the exotic in contemporary cinema -- Steven Spielberg and the sanctification of difference -- Jim Jarmusch or communication in crisis -- The persistence of King Kong.
9780826443526 (hbk. : alk. paper) 0826443524 (hbk. : alk. paper) 9780826463111 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0826463118 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Exoticism in motion pictures.
Minorities in motion pictures.
Outsiders in motion pictures.
Motion pictures--History--United States--20th century.
PN1995.9.E95 / R53 2010
791.430973 / R53
Otherness in Hollywood cinema / Michael Richardson. - New York : Continuum, 2010. - xii, 260 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 248-254), filmography (p. 238-247), and index.
Introduction : Hollywood cinema and the "Other" -- The Other and the wilderness -- The myth of the frontier -- Chasing Chinese shadows : the Yellow Peril reconsidered -- The exotic as spectacle -- Otherness in the night : film noir -- Of monsters and cold wars -- The myth of the zombie -- Apocalypse now on a borderline of consciousness -- Refigurations of the exotic in contemporary cinema -- Steven Spielberg and the sanctification of difference -- Jim Jarmusch or communication in crisis -- The persistence of King Kong.
9780826443526 (hbk. : alk. paper) 0826443524 (hbk. : alk. paper) 9780826463111 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0826463118 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Exoticism in motion pictures.
Minorities in motion pictures.
Outsiders in motion pictures.
Motion pictures--History--United States--20th century.
PN1995.9.E95 / R53 2010
791.430973 / R53