192 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
184 Pages
by
Routledge
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Now published in a revised second edition, The Matter of Images searches through the resonances of the term ‘representation’, analysing images in terms of why they matter, what they are made of, and the material realities they refer to. Richard Dyer’s analyses consider representations of ‘out’ groups and traditionally dominant groups alike, and encompass the eclectic texts of contemporary... Read more
Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 In a word; Chapter 3 The role of stereotypes; Chapter 4 Seen to be believed: some problems in the representation of gay people as typical; Chapter 5 Homosexuality and film noir; Chapter 6 Victim: hegemonic project; Chapter 7 Male sexuality in the media; Chapter 8 Brief affairs; Chapter 9 Papillon; Chapter 10 Three questions about serial killing; Chapter 11 Straight acting; Chapter 12 A Passage to India; Chapter 13 White; Chapter 14 Lillian Gish: a white star; Chapter 15 Into the light: the whiteness of the South in The Birth of a Nation;
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Richard Dyer
