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America on Film is a lively introduction to issues of diversity as represented within the American cinema. The first synthetic and historical text of its kind, America on Film provides a comprehensive overview of the industrial, socio-cultural, and aesthetic factors that contribute to cinematic representations of race, class, gender, sexuality, and ability. The volume chronicles the cinematic history of various cultural groups, examines forces and institutions of bias, and stimulates discussion about the relationship between film and American national culture./p> The book is organized with a broad historical framework, with specific theoretical concepts--including film genre, auteurism, cultural studies, Orientalism, the "male gaze," feminism, and queer theory--integrated throughout. Each individual chapter features a concise overview of the topic at hand, a discussion of representative films, figures, and movements, and an in-depth analysis of a single film, including The Lion King, BlacKkKlansman, Crazy Rich Asians, The Florida Project, and Wonder Woman.

Sociology of minorities --- Film --- United States --- Minorities in motion pictures. --- Motion pictures --- History. --- #SBIB:309H521 --- #SBIB:309H1320 --- Audiovisuele communicatie: inhoudsanalyse: onderzoekingen --- De filmische boodschap: algemene werken (met inbegrip van algemeen filmhistorische werken en filmhistorische werken per land) --- History --- Minorities in motion pictures --- Minorities in films --- Social problems --- United States of America