Mixed Race HollywoodPosted in Anthologies, Books, Communications/Media Studies, Literary/Artistic Criticism, Media Archive, Social Science, United States on 2009-10-30 15:35Z by Steven |
New York University Press
2008
352 pages
20 illustrations
Paperback ISBN: 9780814799895
Cloth ISBN: 9780814799888
Edited by
Mary C. Beltrán, Associate Professor of Media Studies
University of Texas, Austin
Camilla Fojas, Associate Professor and Director of Latin American and Latino Studies
DePaul University
A Kansas City Star 2008 Notable Book
Since the early days of Hollywood film, portrayals of interracial romance and of individuals of mixed racial and ethnic heritage have served to highlight and challenge fault lines within Hollywood and the nation’s racial categories and borders. Mixed Race Hollywood is a pioneering compilation of essays on mixed-race romance, individuals, families, and stars in U.S. film and media culture.
Situated at the cutting-edge juncture of ethnic studies and media studies, this collection addresses early mixed-race film characters, Blaxploitation, mixed race in children’s television programming, and the “outing” of mixed-race stars on the Internet, among other issues and contemporary trends in mixed-race representation. The contributors explore this history and current trends from a wide range of disciplinary perspectives in order to better understand the evolving conception of race and ethnicity in contemporary culture.