Barriers to Diversity in Film – A Research Review – Aug 07
Barriers to Diversity in Film – A Research Review – Aug 07
Barriers to Diversity in Film – A Research Review – Aug 07
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across a range of social and cultural positions. This gives film and<br />
media an important and dist<strong>in</strong>ctive place <strong>in</strong> contemporary debates<br />
(Bennett et al 2005).<br />
Frequently, academic articles concentrate on one or two films <strong>to</strong><br />
analyse content and portrayal of characters. These analyses will be<br />
<strong>in</strong>cluded <strong>in</strong> this chapter with the follow<strong>in</strong>g proviso. A concentration on<br />
specific films may illum<strong>in</strong>ate stereotypical portrayal, but one film<br />
cannot be judged on its own without a wider, cumulative study of<br />
portrayal <strong>in</strong> a number of films. Certa<strong>in</strong>ly analysis of one film cannot<br />
represent a critical view of all under-represented groups. It is the<br />
cumulative effects of stereotyp<strong>in</strong>g, perhaps as a result of unconscious<br />
biases through decades of filmmak<strong>in</strong>g, which this chapter will discuss<br />
wherever possible. S<strong>in</strong>ce analyses of some of these s<strong>in</strong>gle or paired<br />
films come <strong>to</strong> rather surpris<strong>in</strong>g conclusions, arguments for or aga<strong>in</strong>st<br />
this approach will be made <strong>in</strong> the discussion of these studies.<br />
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