Unthinking Eurocentrism: Multiculturalism and the Media
- ISBN-10
- 0415063256
- ISBN-13
- 9780415063258
- Series
- Unthinking Eurocentrism
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 405
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1994
- Publisher
- Psychology Press
- Authors
- Ella Shohat, Robert Stam
Description
The authors correct eurocentric criticism from media studies in the past by examining Hollywood movie genres such as the western and the musical from a multicultural perspective.
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