Please post this to Screen-L. Also, please let me know if you'd like to review the books for your listserv. Thanks! Best wishes, Stacy Zellmann Direct Marketing Coordinator University of Minnesota Press 111 Third Avenue South, Suite 290 Minneapolis, MN 55401-2520 612-627-1934 http://www.upress.umn.edu ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- A provocative study of Hollywood¹s obsession with race and its impact on the classic films of the studio era. CLASSIC HOLLYWOOD, CLASSIC WHITENESS Daniel Bernardi, Editor University of Minnesota Press | 568 pages | 2001 ISBN 0-8166-3238-3 | hardcover | $62.95 ISBN 0-8166-3239-1 | paperback | $24.95 Leading scholars address the myriad ways in which America¹s attitudes about race informed the production of Hollywood films from the 1920s through the 1960s. Contributors: Eric Avila, Aaron Baker, Karla Rae Fuller, Andrew Gordon, Allison Graham, Sarah Madsen Hardy, Joanne Hershfield, Arthur Knight, Gina Marchetti, Gary W. McDonough, Chandra Mukerji, Martin F. Norden, Brian O'Neil, Roberta E. Pearson, Marguerite H. Rippy, Nicholas Sammond, Beretta E. Smith-Shomade, Peter Stanfield, Kelly Thomas; Hernan Vera, Karen Wallace, Thomas E. Wartenberg, Cindy Hing-Yuk Wong, Geoffrey White, and Jane Yi. For more information, visit the book's webpage: http://www.upress.umn.edu/Books/B/%20bernardi_classic.html Read National Public Radio's report on racism on the silver screen: http://www.npr.org/programs/specials/racism/hollywood/010906.hollywood.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The first comprehensive exploration of Native American filmmaking and video production. WIPING THE WAR PAINT OFF THE LENS: Native American Film and Video Beverly R. Singer University of Minnesota Press | 136 pages | 2001 ISBN 0-8166-3160-3 | hardcover | $47.95 ISBN 0-8166-3161-1 | paperback | $18.95 Visible Evidence Series, volume 10 Native Americans have thrown themselves into filmmaking since the mid-1970s, producing hundreds of films and videos, and their body of work has had great impact on Native cultures and filmmaking itself. Wiping the War Paint off the Lens traces the history of Native experiences as subjects, actors, and creators, and develops a critical framework for approaching Native work. Singer positions Native media as part of a larger struggle for "cultural sovereignty"‹the right to maintain and protect cultures and traditions. For more information, visit the book's webpage: http://www.upress.umn.edu/Books/S/%20singer_wiping.html ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.tcf.ua.edu/ScreenSite