Challenges & compromises in Spike Lee's Malcolm X

Autor:	J. Emmett Winn
Rok vydání:	2001
Předmět:	Hollywood Hegemony Communication media_common.quotation_subject Media culture Media studies Gender studies Politics Film director Mainstream Media literacy Sociology Ideology media_common
Zdroj:	Critical Studies in Media Communication. 18:452-465
ISSN:	1479-5809 1529-5036
DOI:	10.1080/07393180128091
Popis:	–This study looks at Spike Lee's Malcolm X as an important text in understanding Afrocentric perspectives that challenge the ideological stereotypes of mainstream Hollywood film. Malcolm X intervenes between Lee, the filmmaker, and the powerful media industry and is emblematic of the larger discussion of hegemonic and counter-hegemonic views in media culture. This film is not only an interesting case study but a significant part of an ongoing cultural discourse that is as relevant now as when Malcolm X lived. The relevance of this essay lies in its contribution to the discussion of media perspectives with a focus on furthering media literacy. It aids the viewer in understanding the social discourse surrounding a mediated racist ideology and the ongoing cultural work of social equality in the United States. This research finds that in the continuing struggle over media representation, Lee's film is an instrument of media politics, controversy, and commercialization.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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