Richardson, Michael, 1953-
Otherness in Hollywood cinema [electronic resource] / Michael Richardson. - New York : Continuum, 2010. - xii, 260 p. : ill.
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Exoticism in motion pictures.
Minorities in motion pictures.
Outsiders in motion pictures.
Motion pictures--History--United States--20th century.
Electronic books.
PN1995.9.E95 / R53 2010eb
Otherness in Hollywood cinema [electronic resource] / Michael Richardson. - New York : Continuum, 2010. - xii, 260 p. : ill.
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Exoticism in motion pictures.
Minorities in motion pictures.
Outsiders in motion pictures.
Motion pictures--History--United States--20th century.
Electronic books.
PN1995.9.E95 / R53 2010eb