Beyond the Stars: Stock characters in American popular film
Beyond the Stars: Stock characters in American popular film

Author: Paul Loukides

Publisher: Popular Press

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 9780879724795

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Beyond the Stars contains 20 essays on stock characters, and character conventions which neatly divide into four categories: ethnic and racial stereotyping; social classis; professions; and the idiosyncratic type. Stock figures in American movies are part of our cultural heritage; they deserve an honored place in theliterature of film and popular culture.

Beyond the Stars: Themes and ideologies in American popular film
Beyond the Stars: Themes and ideologies in American popular film

Author: Paul Loukides

Publisher: Popular Press

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 9780879727017

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The third of five volumes of new scholarship on American movie conventions. The 19 essays explore cinematic representations of such material items as food, weapons, clothing, tools, technology, and art and literature. Not illustrated. No index. Paper edition (unseen), $13.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.

Beyond the Stars: Locales in American popular film
Beyond the Stars: Locales in American popular film

Author: Paul Loukides

Publisher: Popular Press

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 298

ISBN-13: 9780879725891

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One of five volumes devoted to exploring some of the peripheral aspects of American films. Essays describe the depiction of such geographical and conceptual places as Arizona and the Arabic world, such public and ritual spaces as churches and western saloons, and such private arenas and commonplace spaces as the men's room and poolsides. Not illustrated. No index. Paper edition (unseen), $18.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Beyond the Stars: The material world in American popular film
Beyond the Stars: The material world in American popular film

Author: Paul Loukides

Publisher: Popular Press

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13:

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This anthology deals with such diverse conventions as the treatment of food, the iconography of weapons, the paraphernalia of baseball, the uses of clothing, tools, and technologies, and the representation of art and print media within the world of film. The essays within this collection help to reveal how the objects in American movies reflect both the fixed and changeable cultural assumptions of film makers and film audiences.

African Women's Unique Vulnerabilities to HIV/AIDS
African Women's Unique Vulnerabilities to HIV/AIDS

Author: L. Fuller

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2008-10-27

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 0230616208

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This is an in-depth look at the biomedical, socio-cultural, economic, legal and political, and educational vulnerabilities faced by the population that is most vulnerable to the risk of contracting HIV/AIDS: African women.

Reading the Homeless
Reading the Homeless

Author: Eungjun Min

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 1999-06-30

Total Pages: 237

ISBN-13: 0313024987

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As one of our country's major social problems, homelessness is often in the news. The media tend to portray the homeless as drunk, stoned, crazy, or sick individuals—a portrayal that is only partly accurate and represents an obstacle to our understanding of the wider social implications of this complex issue. This edited collection examines the various ways—both verbal and visual—in which the homeless have been portrayed by the media from the 1980s to the present day. The contributors apply different frameworks, ranging from phenomenology to culture studies, to analyze the characteristics, implications, and consequences of the stories and images disseminated by the media.

Diamonds in the Dark
Diamonds in the Dark

Author: Howard Good

Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 9780810830479

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Book on baseball films in American cinema

Out of Bounds
Out of Bounds

Author: Aaron Baker

Publisher: Indiana University Press

Published: 1997-02-22

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13: 9780253210951

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Out of Bounds is a collection of essays that regards the media representation of professional sports through the lens of cultural studies. Editors Aaron Baker and Todd Boyd contend that the popularity of sports derives not simply from their appeal as leisure entertainment but from their contribution to discussion of larger issues of class, race, gender, and masculinity. Essays in the collection challenge media wisdom about the apolitical nature of sports by examining how they contribute to the contested process of defining social identities. Included within a broad range of works are "'Never Trust a Snake': WWF Wrestling as Masculine Melodrama," (Henry Jenkins), "Mike Tyson and the Perils of Discursive Constraints: Boxing, Race and The Assumption of Guilt" (John Sloop), and "Visible Difference and Flex Appeal: The Body, Sex, Sexuality, and Race in the Pumping Iron Films" (Christine Holmlund).

Asian America Through the Lens
Asian America Through the Lens

Author: Jun Xing

Publisher: Rowman Altamira

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 9780761991762

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In Asian America Through the Lens, Jun Xing surveys Asian American cinema, allowing its aesthetic, cultural, and political diversity and continuities to emerge.