TY - BOOK ID - 25149790 TI - The persistence of whiteness PY - 2008 SN - 9780415774123 9780203939741 0415774128 9780415774130 0415774136 0203939743 9781135976408 9781135976446 9781135976453 1135976449 1135976457 1281007579 9786611007577 6611007571 9781281007575 1135976406 PB - London New York Routledge DB - UniCat KW - Sociology of minorities KW - Film KW - United States KW - Minorities in motion pictures. KW - Race in motion pictures. KW - Motion pictures KW - Minorities in films KW - United States of America UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:25149790 AB - The Persistence of Whiteness investigates the representation and narration of race in contemporary Hollywood cinema. Ideologies of class, ethnicity, gender, nation and sexuality are central concerns as are the growth of the business of filmmaking. Focusing on representations of Black, Asian, Jewish, Latina/o and Native Americans identities, this collection also shows how whiteness is a fact everywhere in contemporary Hollywood cinema, crossing audiences, authors, genres, studios and styles.Bringing together essays from respected film scholars, the collection covers a ER -