Multicultural Films A Reference Guide

Subjects:

• Popular Culture » Film Studies
• Multicultural Studies » Multicultural Studies (General)

Reviews:

• Welsch and Adams accomplish what they set out to do: give teachers, students, librarians, and other interested moviegoers a well-selected group of films that deal in significant ways with themes of ethnicity, race, and intercultural interaction in the US. For each film, a plot synopsis is provided, along with comments about points in the narrative that raise interesting questions/issues for class discussion and general viewer analysis. A "Works Cited" feature at the end of each entry directs readers to further references....Recommended. Academic libraries serving lower-level undergraduates and above; public libraries.
  —Choice October 2005
• [S]tands as a serious ... survey of ethnicity in the cinema of [the United States]. It is a compact work, easily lending itself to use for quick reference, and gives some useful and up-to-date pointers for further study.
  —Reference Reviews March 2006
• Welsch and Adams (both Western Illinois U.) present educators, librarians, students, and other film viewers with brief synopses and critiques of 150-plus motion pictures addressing issues of race and ethnicity in the U.S.
  —Reference & Research Book News/Art Book News Annual August 2005
• With multiculturalism being touched on in so many different classes, this guide to more than 150 films will be greatly appreciated by teachers. Arranged by race/ethnic group, the films are in sections representing African, Arab, Asian, European, Latino/a and Native Americans. Some films may represent more than one group....While securing films is always dependent upon budgets, a picture continues to be worth a thousand words and these help expand understanding of our diverse culture. They should be helpful in increasing student acceptance of differences. Highly recommended.
  —Gale Reference for Students August 2005
• An excellent feature of most of the critques is open-ended questions. These questions are designed to facilitate conversation or open lines of thought and will be exceptionally valuable for high school and college students seeking term paper topics. This book is therefore, particularly appropriate for high school and academic libraries as well as public libraries.
  —Reference & User Services Quarterly Winter 2005
• [T]his well-written, -arranged, and -researched work is recommended for academic as well as large public and high-school libraries.
  —Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin September 15, 2005

• Endorsement From Carlos E. Cortés, Professor Emeritus of History, University of California, Riverside: A splendid contribution to the literature on race and ethnicity in films. It should be of particular value to those who use film to teach about that topic. Janice Welsch and J. Q. Adams, two well regarded multiculturalists, have made a careful selection of films and have evaluated them clearly and succintly. Their laudable efforts have created a book worthy of consultation by anyone interested in this field.
• Endorsement From Jack G. Shaheen, author of Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People: This superb, richly documented book fills gaps in knowledge by providing much needed insights into how movies project various racial and ethnic groups. Highly recommended for students and scholars engaged in film criticism, multicultural studies, and social sciences.
• Endorsement From Robert Stam, University Professor, New York University: Provides a highly informative and knowing map of the fascinating terrains of multicultural film; its approach is inclusive in terms of the range of films covered and insightful in terms of film analysis. It is an invaluable resource--needed now more than ever--for all those addressing issues of multicultural media.

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• African American Films
• Arab American Films
• Asian American Films
• European American Films
• Latino/a American Films
• Native American Films
• Intercultural Films
• Complete List of Films
• Films Catagorized by Themes
• Distributors
• Selected Bibliography
• Index

PDF Catalogs:

Sale Catalog 2008.pdf