Classic Hollywood, Classic Whiteness

Leading scholars address the myriad ways in which America's attitudes about race informed the production of Hollywood films from the 1920s through the 1960s. From the predominantly white star system to segregated mise-en-scènes, Hollywood films reinforced institutionalized racism. The contributors to this volume examine how assumptions about white superiority and colored inferiority, and the politics of segregation and assimilation affected Hollywood's classic period.

Contributors: Eric Avila, UCLA; Aaron Baker, Arizona State U; Karla Rae Fuller, Columbia College; Andrew Gordon, U of Florida; Allison Graham, U of Memphis; Sarah Madsen Hardy, Bryn Mawr; Joanne Hershfield, U of North Carolina; Arthur Knight, William and Mary; Gina Marchetti, U of Maryland; Gary W. McDonough; Chandra Mukerji, UC, San Diego; Martin F. Norden, U of Massachusetts; Brian O'Neil, U of Southern Mississippi; Roberta E. Pearson, Cardiff U; Marguerite H. Rippy, Marymount U; Nicholas Sammond; Beretta E. Smith-Shomade, U of Arizona; Peter Stanfield, Southampton Institute; Kelly Thomas; Herman Vera, U of Florida; Karen Wallace, U of Wisconsin, Oshkosh; Thomas E. Wartenberg, Mount Holyoke; Cindy Hing-Yuk Wong, College of Staten Island, CUNY; Geoffrey White, U of Hawai'i; and Jane Yi.

Daniel Bernardi is assistant professor in the Department of Media Arts at the University of Arizona.