Passing and Posing between Black and White

Calibrating the Color Line in U.S. Cinema
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-3-8376-5337-3
Verlag: Transcript Verlag

Buch, Englisch, 250 Seiten, Kt, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 225 mm, Gewicht: 394 g

Reihe: Film

Since its inception, U.S. American cinema has grappled with the articulation of racial boundaries. This applies, in the first instance, to featuring mixed-race characters crossing the color line. In a broader sense, however, this also concerns viewing conditions and knowledge configurations. The fact that American film engages itself so extensively with the unbalanced relation between black and white is neither coincidental nor trivial to state — it has much more to do with disputing boundaries that pertain to the medium itself. Lisa Gotto examines this constellation along the early history of American film, the cinematic modernism of the late 1950s, and the post-classical cinema of the turn of the millennium.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gotto, Lisa

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Medienwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio

Über Autor(innen)

Gotto, Lisa
Lisa Gotto (Prof. Dr. phil.) ist Professorin für Theorie des Films an der Universität Wien. Ihre Forschungsschwerpunkte sind Filmtheorie, Bewegtbildästhetik und Digitale Medienkultur.

Lisa Gotto (Prof. Dr. phil.) is professor of film theory at the University of Vienna. She specializes in the fields of film history, film theory, and digital media culture. Her main research areas are media theory, visual aesthetics, and digital media culture.