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The Birth of Whiteness: Race and the Emergence of United States Cinema

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The Birth of Whiteness: Race and the Emergence of United States Cinema - Bernardi, Daniel Leonard (Editor)
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As indelible components of the history of the United States, race and racism have permeated nearly all aspects of life: cultural, economic, political, and social. In this first anthology on race in early cinema, fourteen scholars examine the origins, dynamics, and ramifications of racism and Eurocentrism and the resistance to both during the early years of American motion pictures. Any discussion of racial themes and practices in any arena inevitably begins with the definition of race. Is race an innate and biologically ...

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The Birth of Whiteness: Race and the Emergence of United States Cinema 1996, Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, NJ

ISBN-13: 9780813522760

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