Films as Rhetorical Texts

Cultivating Discussion about Race, Racism, and Race Relations

Buch | Softcover

242 Seiten

2021
Lexington Books (Verlag)
9781793602732 (ISBN)

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This book analyzes films as rhetorical texts capable of having an influential impact on viewers’ interactions with others. Contributors use culture-centered films, especially those focusing on race, ethnicity, and gender, to generate open discussions about race, racism, and race relations in the United States.

Films as Rhetorical Texts: Cultivating Discussion about Race, Racism, and Race Relations presents critical essays focusing on select commercial films and what they can teach us about race, racism, and race relations in America. The films in this volume are critically assessed as rhetorical texts using various aspects and components of critical race theory, recognizing that race and racism are intricately ingrained in American society. Contributors argue that by viewing and evaluating culture-centered films—often centered around race—and critically analyzing them, faculty and students can promote the opportunity for genuine open discussions about race, racism, and race relations in the United States, specifically in the higher education classroom. Scholars of film studies, media studies, race studies, and education will find this book particularly useful.

Janice D. Hamlet is associate professor in the Department of Communication and director of diversity, equity, and inclusion at Northern Illinois University.

Introduction: There’s an Elephant in the Room and it’s Not Leaving: Engaging Discussions about Race, Racism and Race Relations
Chapter One: The Story of Right Hand, Left Hand: The Rhetoric of Racial Angst in Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing
Chapter Two: The Spice of Life: Discussing Diversity and Disparity in Mississippi Masala
Chapter Three: The Ties that (UN) bind: Whiteness and the Racialization of Jewish Bodies in the film School Ties
Chapter Four: Smoke Signals: Opening the Conversation to Untold Stories from the First Americans
Chapter Five: “White-Side, Strong Side”: A Critical Examination of Race and Leadership in Remember the Titans
Chapter Six: The Difficult Dialog of Critical Race Theory through the Lens of Crash
Chapter Seven: No Filter: Counter-Storytelling and The Help
Chapter Eight: Fruitvale Station: A Humanistic and Vulnerable Glimpse into Black Masculinities
Chapter Nine: Zootopia: Using a Utopia to Facilitate Conversations about a Dystopia in Society
Chapter Ten: Gook and the Conv

Erscheinungsdatum	16.07.2021
Co-Autor	Janice D. Hamlet, Raymond Blanton, Rekha Sharma, Tewodros Workneh
Zusatzinfo	1 tables;
Sprache	englisch
Maße	157 x 216 mm
Gewicht	445 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-13	9781793602732 / 9781793602732
Zustand	Neuware