Cinematic Geographies and Multicultural Spectatorship in America
Exploration, intertwined with home-seeking, has always defined America. Corbin argues that films about significant cultural landscapes in America evoke a sense of travel for their viewers. These virtual travel experiences from the mid-1970s through the 19
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CINEMATIC GEOGRAPHIES AND MULTICULTURAL SPECTATORSHIP IN AMERICA
SCREENING SPACES Series editor: Pamela Robertson Wojcik Screening Spaces is a series dedicated to showcasing interdisciplinary books that explore the multiple and various intersections of space, place, and screen cultures. Cinema, Gender, and Everyday Space: Comedy, Italian Style Natalie Fullwood The US-Mexico Border in American Cold War Film: Romance, Revolution, and Regulation Stephanie Fuller Movie Towns and Sitcom Suburbs: Building Hollywood’s Ideal Communities Stephen Rowley Cinematic Geographies and Multicultural Spectatorship in America Amy Lynn Corbin
Cinematic Geographies and Multicultural Spectatorship in America Amy Lynn Corbin
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CINEMATIC GEOGRAPHIES AND MULTICULTURAL SPECTATORSHIP IN AMERICA
Copyright © Amy Lynn Corbin 2015 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2015 978-1-137-48266-2 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission. In accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6-10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. First published 2015 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN The author has asserted their right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of Nature America, Inc., One New York Plaza, Suite 4500, New York, NY 10004-1562. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world.
ISBN 978-1-349-55618-2 E-PDF ISBN: 978–1–137–47971–6 DOI: 10.1007/ 978–1–137–47971–6
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Corbin, Amy Lynn, 1975– Cinematic Geographies and Multicultural Spectatorship in America / Amy Lynn Corbin. pages cm.—(Screening spaces) Originally presented as the author’s thesis (doctoral)—University of California, Berkeley. Summary: “A study of films set in four iconic American landscapes— Indian Country, the South, the inner city, and the suburbs—reveals the way that popular film participates in a nationwide discussion about the role of multiculturalism in the post civil rights era. Cinematic sensations of familiarity and foreignness construct a virtual cultural map of America for the film spectator”—Provided by publisher. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Landscapes in motion pictures. 2. Multiculturalism in motion pictures. 3. Minorities in motion pictures. 4. Motion pictures—
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