anatomy of a problem film
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Patton, Cindy
- Publish Year
- 2007
- Shelfmark
- VS 54 2007
- Thesaurus
- films, etniciteit, gender, seksualiteit, sociale klasse, receptie, historisch, Verenigde Staten, 20e eeuw
- Description
- The author examines the production and reception of so called 'problem films', for example movies about race and miscegenation, beginning with 1947’s Gentleman’s Agreement and Pinky (1949). She also describes the arrival of the Method school of acting in Hollywood, which demanded that performers inhabit their characters’ lives. She describes how these developments reflected and helped popularize the concept of the liberal citizen in postwar America. She argues that the reception of projected identities offer new perspectives on contemporary identity politics, from feminism to the gay rights movement.