Imperiled Whiteness
eBook - ePub

Imperiled Whiteness

How Hollywood and Media Make Race in "Postracial" America

  1. 392 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Imperiled Whiteness

How Hollywood and Media Make Race in "Postracial" America

About this book

FINALIST FOR THE 2024 FRANK LUTHER MOTT/KAPPA TAU ALPHA JOURNALISM & MASS COMMUNICATION RESEARCH AWARD

In Imperiled Whiteness, Penelope Ingram examines the role played by media in the resurgence of white nationalism and neo-Nazi movements in the Obama-to-Trump era. As politicians on the right stoked anxieties about whites "losing ground" and "being left behind," media platforms turned whiteness into a commodity that was packaged and disseminated to a white populace. Reading popular film and television franchises (Planet of the Apes, Star Trek, and The Walking Dead) through political flashpoints, such as debates over immigration reform, gun control, and Black Lives Matter protests, Ingram reveals how media cultivated feelings of white vulnerability and loss among white consumers. By exploring the convergence of entertainment, news, and social media in a digital networked environment, Ingram demonstrates how media's renewed attention to "imperiled whiteness" enabled and sanctioned the return of overt white supremacy exhibited by alt-right groups in the "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville in 2017 and the Capitol riots in 2021.

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Information

Year
2023
eBook ISBN
9781496845511
Print ISBN
9781496845504

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Introduction: Media Events, “Pandemic TV,” and the Ruse of the Postracial
  8. Chapter 1: White Identity Politics
  9. Part I: Contagion
  10. Part II: Animality
  11. Part III: Monstrosity
  12. Part IV: Postracial Resistance
  13. Notes
  14. References
  15. Index

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