{"product_id":"high-contrast-sharon-willis-9780822320418","title":"High Contrast: Race and Gender in Contemporary Hollywood Films","description":"In \u003ci\u003eHigh Contrast\u003c\/i\u003e, Sharon Willis examines the dynamic relationships between racial and sexual difference in Hollywood film from the 1980s and 1990s. Seizing on the way these differences are accentuated, sensationalized, and eroticized on screen-most often with little apparent regard for the political context in which they operate-Willis restores that context through close readings of a range of movies from cinematic blockbusters to the work of the new auteurs, Spike Lee, David Lynch, and Quentin Tarantino.\u003cbr\u003eCapturing the political complexity of these films, Willis argues that race, gender, and sexuality, as they are figured in the fantasy of popular film, do not function separately, but rather inform and determine each other's meaning. She demonstrates how collective anxieties regarding social difference are mapped onto big budget movies like the \u003ci\u003eDie Hard\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLethal Weapon\u003c\/i\u003e series, \u003ci\u003eBasic Instinct\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFatal Attraction\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThelma and Louise\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTerminator 2\u003c\/i\u003e, and others. Analyzing the artistic styles of directors Lynch, Tarantino, and Lee, in such films as \u003ci\u003eWild at Heart\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePulp Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDo the Right Thing\u003c\/i\u003e, she investigates how these interactions of difference are linked to the production of specific authorial styles, and how race functions for each of these directors, particularly in relation to gender identity, erotics, and fantasy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sharon Willis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 082232041X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822320418\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Duke University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/24\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.02lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.19h x 5.84w x 0.80d","brand":"Sharon Willis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43926526329087,"sku":"9780822320418","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_db8addc4-5e7c-4a3c-bbbc-84173e43fc92.jpg?v=1681083555","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/high-contrast-sharon-willis-9780822320418","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}