The Othering of Women in Silent Film

Barbara Tepa Lupack

doi:10.5771/9781666913972

Summary

In The Othering of Women in Silent Film: Cultural, Historical, and Literary Contexts, Barbara Tepa Lupackexplores the rampant racial and gender stereotyping depicted in early cinema, demonstrating how those stereotypes helped shape American attitudes and practices. Using social, cultural, literary, and cinema history as a focus, this book offers insights into issues of Othering, including discrimination, exclusion, and sexism, that are as timely today as they were a century ago. Lupack not only examines the ways that dominant cinema of the era imprinted indelible and pejorative images of women—including African Americans, Native Americans, Asians, Hispanics, and New Women/Suffragists—but also reveals the ways in which a number of pioneering early filmmakers and performers attempted to counter those depictions by challenging the imagery, interrogating the stereotypes, and re-politicizing the familiar narratives. Scholars of film, gender, history, and race studies will find this book of particular interest.

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Copyright year: 2023
ISBN-Print: 978-1-6669-1396-5
ISBN-Online: 978-1-6669-1397-2
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 328
Product type: Book Titles

1. Contents No access
2. Acknowledgments No access
3. List of Illustrations No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 8
African Americans No access Pages 9 - 34
African Americans: Race Films No access Pages 35 - 90
Native Americans No access Pages 91 - 132
Native Americans: Native Response No access Pages 133 - 158
Asians No access Pages 159 - 192
Latins No access Pages 193 - 224
The New Woman No access Pages 225 - 256
Suffragists No access Pages 257 - 282
Conclusion No access Pages 283 - 286
Bibliography No access Pages 287 - 312
Index No access Pages 313 - 326
About the Author No access Pages 327 - 328