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Race and Media Literacy, Explained (or Why Does the Black Guy Die First?) - Frederick W. Gooding Jr.

Race and Media Literacy, Explained (or Why Does the Black Guy Die First?)

Buch | Hardcover
192 Seiten
2024
Teachers' College Press (Verlag)
978-0-8077-6941-6 (ISBN)
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Talking about race does not have to be incredibly awkward. In this book, Gooding offers twelve clear, cogent, and concise racial rubrics to help users of mainstream media more readily discern patterns hidden in plain sight. The text primarily leverages popular movies as the medium of analysis, but the rubrics apply to other forms of media.
Talking about race does not have to be incredibly awkward. In this book, Gooding offers twelve clear, cogent, and concise racial rubrics to help users of mainstream media more readily discern patterns hidden in plain sight. The text primarily leverages popular movies as the medium of analysis—since they are unparalleled in their cultural significance—but the rubrics apply to other forms of media, such as television, print, and social media. “Why does the Black guy die first?” is a well-known rhetorical question that challenges the disparate treatment of non-White characters onscreen. This subtle statement about the representation of persons of color within mainstream movies has remained largely unexplored until now. Race and Media Literacy, Explained provides concrete concepts and a uniform vocabulary with which to recognize and further analyze these formulaic images. After participating in this dynamically interactive experience, readers will never see media the same way again!


Book Features:




An interdisciplinary approach to teaching race that draws on cinema and forms of popular media that most students know.
Guidance for honing media literacy skills with middle, high school, and undergraduate college students.
A HARM Theory Rubric that identifies 6 consistent patterns for depictions of non-White characters and 6 consistent patterns for White characters within mainstream movies.
Questions for Questing sections provide critical questions for further exploration.
Concrete vocabulary/glossary terms to engage with the subject matter more precisely.
Innovative analysis of depictions of race and ethnicity in the top ten highest-grossing films of all time.

Frederick W. Gooding, Jr. is associate professor of African American studies and the Dr. Ronald E. Moore Professor in Humanities in the Honors College at Texas Christian University.

Contents


Acknowledgment  xi


Series Foreword  James A. Banks   xiii


Part I: White Screens, Dark Theaters


Introduction: Evaluating the Worth of a Motion Picture  3

Setting the Stage  3

1,000 Words?  4

Judgment Day  6

Beware Black Engineers  8

Whose Fault?  9

Whose House?  10

The Black Guy Really Does Die First  12

Doing the Math  13


1.   Have We Seen This Movie Before?  17

WDF?! (Why Die First?!)  17

But What Is a Mainstream Movie?  20

Take It From the Top  21

Mainstream Racism in Black and White  29

Racism: Now in Living Color  31


2.   Value and Visibility  35

Nothing New to Report  35

Introducing the HARM Theory Rubric  38

Sixth Sense: I See White People  41

Seeing (White Hot) Stars  44

The Curious Case of White Women  45

Coming Soon  46

Bottom Line #1  46


Part II: Color Me Bad: Archetypes and Prototypes


3.   The Angel Figure Archetype  49

30-Second Spot  49

Trailer  49

Main Feature Analysis  49

Black Mirror  56

Angel Figure Archetype Examples from the Top Ten  57


4.   The Background Figure Archetype  61

30-Second Spot  61

Trailer  61

Main Feature Analysis  61

Black Mirror  63

Background Figure Archetype Examples from the Top Ten  64


5.   The Comic Relief Archetype  67

30-Second Spot  67

Trailer  67

Main Feature Analysis  68

Black Mirror  69

Comic Relief Archetype Examples from the Top Ten  70


6.   The Menace to Society Archetype  75

30-Second Spot  75

Trailer  75

Main Feature Analysis  75

Black Mirror  76

Menace to Society Archetype Examples from the Top Ten  77


7.   The Physical Wonder Archetype  81

30-Second Spot  81

Trailer  81

Main Feature Analysis  81

Black Mirror  82

Physical Wonder Archetype Examples from the Top Ten  82


8.   The Utopic Reversal Archetype  87

30-Second Spot  87

Trailer  87

Main Feature Analysis  87

Black Mirror  88

Utopic Reversal Archetype Examples from the Top Ten  89


9.   The Assumed Affluent Prototype  95

30-Second Spot  95

Trailer  95

Main Feature Analysis  95

Black Mirror  101

Assumed Affluent Prototype Examples from the Top Ten  101


10.   The Family Tied Prototype  105

30-Second Spot  105

Trailer  105

Main Feature Analysis  105

Black Mirror  106

Family Tied Prototype Examples from the Top Ten  106


11.   The Hero Prototype  109

30-Second Spot  109

Trailer  109

Main Feature Analysis  110

Black Mirror  110

Hero Prototype Examples from the Top Ten  111


12.   The Intellectual Prototype  115

30-Second Spot  115

Trailer  115

Main Feature Analysis  116

Black Mirror  116

Intellectual Prototype Examples From the Top Ten  117


13.   The Manipulator Prototype  119

30-Second Spot  119

Trailer  119

Main Feature Analysis  119

Black Mirror  120

Manipulator Prototype Examples From the Top Ten  121


14.   The Romantic Prototype  125

30-Second Spot  125

Trailer  125

Main Feature Analysis  125

Black Mirror  126

Romantic Prototype Examples from the Top Ten  127

Bottom Line #2  128


Conclusion: What the Black Guy Dying First Means  131

Using Logic With Emotion Pictures  132

But It’s Just a Movie, Right?  134

Adding Up the Bottom Lines  135


Appendix: My Non-Horror Top Ten Movies for “Why Die First?!”  137


Glossary  145


Watchdog Guide  154


References  158


Index  164


About the Author  173

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Multicultural Education Series
Mitarbeit Herausgeber (Serie): James A. Banks
Verlagsort New York
Sprache englisch
Maße 162 x 235 mm
Gewicht 381 g
Themenwelt Kunst / Musik / Theater Film / TV
Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie
Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 0-8077-6941-X / 080776941X
ISBN-13 978-0-8077-6941-6 / 9780807769416
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