From Disease Incubation to Disease Receipt: Representing Epidemics and Race in Pre- and Post-Second World War American Cinema (1931–1939 and 1950–1962)
This article analyses continuities and changes in how disease has been instrumentalised in cinema as a way of conceptualizing race—comparing five films depicting epidemics produced before the Second World War and five after. In the 1930s films, non-white populations often passively accept assistance...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision
2023-12-01
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| Series: | Tijdschrift voor Mediageschiedenis |
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| Online Access: | https://account.tmgonline.nl/index.php/up-j-tmgjmh/article/view/842 |