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 1990s built a societal map of "popular multiculturalism" through a movie-going experience.
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Cinematic Geographies and Multicultural Spectatorship in America
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction Cinematic Map-Making
- Chapter 1 The Story of a Land: The Spatial Politics of Early Multiculturalism in Indian Country
- Chapter 2 Primitive Cousins: Roots and Authenticity in the White South
- Chapter 3 The Urban Frontier: From Inner City Tourist to Resident
- Chapter 4 “Home” Turns Otherworldly in the Suburbs
- Chapter 5 Ghosts of Indian Country: Filling in the Map
- Notes
- Index
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