White Supremacy and the American Media

This volume examines the ways in which the media, including film, television, social media, and gaming has constructed and sustained a narrative of white supremacy that has entered mainstream American discourse.

Autorentext

Sarah D. Nilsen is Associate Professor in Film and Television Studies at the University of Vermont, USA. Her current book project is a cultural history of the NRA's relationship with Hollywood.

Sarah E. Turner is Senior Lecturer of English at the University of Vermont, USA. Her current project explores the dialogue amongst the work of Toni Morrison, Claudia Rankine, and Kara Walker.

Inhalt

1. White Supremacy and the American Media; Part I: Theories of White Supremacy and the Media; 2. Theorizing White Nationalism: Past, Present, and Future; 3. The Soul of White Nationalism in the American Body Politic: Birtherism, Make America Great Again, and Immigration; 4. The Racial Folly of White Liberals in Trump's America and Beyond; Part II: White Supremacy and Film; 5. The Best of Enemies and BlacKkKlansman: Racial Dog Whistles, Whiteness, and a Sympathetic Klan; 6. Knives Out and the End of Racial Politics; 7. What Happened to the Green Book? The Disappearing Act of Black Agency and Other White Framings in Green Book; 8. American Sniper: Constructing a White Nationalist Hero; Part III: White Supremacy and Television; 9. White Nationalism and the Spectre of the Refugee; 10. Keep it off the Field: The Mediatized Sports Stadium as White Space; 11. Whiteness and the Ambiguous Racial Politics of Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale; Part IV: White Supremacy, Social Media, and Gaming; 12. Stephen King's Political Monsters; 13. Playing at Racism: White Supremacist Recruitment in Online Video Game Culture; 14. White Female Pain: Cis White Women and Digital Masculine Rhetoric