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.


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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

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