Vincent F. Rocchio is visiting assistant professor of film studies at Dartmouth College. He has also published articles in The Spectator, Film Quarterly, and The National Catholic Reporter . He is a founding member of the Ekklesia Project and currently lives in Lawrence, MA.
Reel Racism: Confronting Hollywood's Construction of Afro-American Culture goes beyond reflection theories of the media to examine cinema's active participation in the operations of racism --a complex process rooted in the dynamics of representation. Written for undergraduates and graduate students of film studies and philosophy, Reel Racism focuse
Of Racism and Representation -- Introduction: Revisiting Racism and Cinema -- The Birth of a (Racist) Nation(al) Cinema -- Cinema and the Maintenance of Privilege -- The Gods Must Be Crazy (Privileged, but Crazy) -- Driving Miss Daisy (Because She's White and I'm Not!) -- Mississippi (and History) Burning -- Confronting Racism and Representation -- A World Apart (from the World of Privilege) -- School Daze and the Politics of Appropriation -- Do the Right Thing: Style as Confrontation -- Daughters of the Dust and the Figurative as Mode of Resistance -- The Great White Man of Lambarene and the Limits of Representation -- Epilogue: Racism, Representation, and the Role of Theory
This book attempts to make the study of racism and media accessible to everyone, by defining terms and discussing methods that help develop more critical perspectives towards the messages of the mass media in general, and towards race specifically.
