{"product_id":"screening-difference-9780742555839","title":"Screening Difference","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLooking at orientations in casting, make-up, sets, props, lighting, camera movements, music, and language, this book follows the genres, from animated cartoons to romantic movies. It tracks the stories to their origins and dissects their hidden messages.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eScreening Difference combines sociological, cultural, and cinema savvy to provide a penetrating treatment of ethnocentrism in recent Hollywood mega projects. Telling details make it an enjoyable read. The author is a distinguished psychologist of mass communication. -- Jan Nederveen Pieterse, University of California, Santa Barbara, Mellichamp Professor of Global Studies and Sociology\u003cbr\u003eJaap van Ginneken's new book offers a splendid and illuminating analysis of the hidden messages in Hollywood's most popular films. The Hollywood images that van Ginneken skillfully dissects are profoundly disturbing.     Well written and carefully documented, Screening Difference should be on the reading list of everyone interested in how the exotic dreams of Hollywood shape the cultural stereotypes that millions of people are exposed to. Great for students and teachers in film and media studies.... -- Cees J. Hamelink, professor emeritus, University of Amsterdam\u003cbr\u003eJaap van Ginneken's new book offers a splendid and illuminating analysis of the hidden messages in Hollywood's most popular films. The Hollywood images that van Ginneken skillfully dissects are profoundly disturbing.   Well written and carefully documented, Screening Difference should be on the reading list of everyone interested in how the \"exotic\" dreams of Hollywood shape the cultural stereotypes that millions of people are exposed to. Great for students and teachers in film and media studies. -- Cees J. Hamelink, professor emeritus, University of Amsterdam\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 1 The Loud and the Silent: Global Film in the Twenty-First Century Chapter 3 2 Children and Adults: Animated Cartoons Chapter 4 3 Civilized and Barbarians: Antiquity Movies Chapter 5 4 The Tamers and the Wild: Wilderness Adventure Chapter 6 5 The Prolific and the Idle: Westerns and Southerns Chapter 7 6 The Prude and the Lewd: Romantic and Erotic Encounters Chapter 8 7 Helpers and Helpless: Colonial Adventure Chapter 9 8 Friends and Foes: Spy, Action, and War Movies Chapter 10 9 Believers and Heathen: Religious Films Chapter 11 10 The Advanced and the Backward: Science Fiction and Space Adventure Chapter 12 11 Other People's Dreams Chapter 13 Glossary Chapter 14 References","brand":"Rlpg\/Galleys","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037625024855,"sku":"9780742555839","price":91.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780742555839.jpg?v=1750936553","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/screening-difference-9780742555839","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}