Passing and Posing between Black and White - Calibrating the Color Line in U.S. Cinema

Lisa Gotto

ISBN 10: 3837653374 / ISBN 13: 9783837653373

Published by Transcript Verlag, DE, 2021

About this Item

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.

Seller Inventory # LU-9783837653373

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Passing and Posing between Black and White - Calibrating the Color Line in U.S. Cinema
• Publisher: Transcript Verlag, DE
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3837653374
• ISBN 13: 9783837653373
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New
• Weight: 666 grams

About this title

Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Lisa Gotto Lisa Gotto is Professor of Film Theory at the University of Vienna. Her research spans the fields of digital media culture, film studies, game studies, and comparative media studies.