Racial Stigma on the Hollywood Screen from World War II to the Present

The Orientalist Buddy Film

• Author(s): Brian Locke,
• Publisher: Springer
• Pages: 208
• ISBN_10: 0230101674
  ISBN_13: 9780230101678
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Performing Arts / Film / History & Criticism , Performing Arts / General , Social Science / Media Studies , Education / General , Social Science / Sociology / General , Performing Arts / Film / General , Photography / Techniques / Cinematography & Videography , Self-Help / General , Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social ,

Description:... Racial Stigma on the Hollywood Screen from WWII to the Present charts how the dominant white and black binary of American racial discourse influences Hollywood s representation of the Asian. The Orientalist buddy film draws a scenario in which two buddies, one white and one black, transcend an initial hatred for one another by joining forces against a foreign Asian menace. Alongside an analysis of multiple genres of film, Brian Locke argues that this triangulated rendering of race ameliorates the longstanding historical contradiction between U.S. democratic ideals and white America s persistent domination over blacks.