Hi Noah, Looking at you references so far you’re definitely going in the right direction. I have a few suggestions for further reading which will hopefully be helpful: Although there isn’t currently much academic writing in books on Get Out, there are journal articles available, which I’d recommend you look into. Here are some example searches: "get out" film race peele
In terms of books it would be a good idea to spend some time with the classic works on race, ‘otherness’ and representation, such as Black looks : race and representation (Chapter 2 Eating the Other), Edward Said’s Orientalism (Chapter 1 The Scope of Orientalism) and Frantz Fanon’s Black skin, white masks. White fragility : why it's so hard for white people to talk about racism is a good contemporary exploration of race relations in the US and in particular addresses some of the issues around white liberal hypocrisy as portrayed in Get Out. ‘Candyman: Urban Space, Fear and Entitlement’ in Horror film reader. looks at the portrayal of race and slavery in an earlier horror film. The DVD I am not your Negro is an in-depth look at the work of author, intellectual and activist James Baldwin, who spoke very incisively about the construction of race relations in the United States and is worth a watch.
Hi Noah,
ReplyDeleteLooking at you references so far you’re definitely going in the right direction. I have a few suggestions for further reading which will hopefully be helpful:
Although there isn’t currently much academic writing in books on Get Out, there are journal articles available, which I’d recommend you look into. Here are some example searches:
"get out" film race peele
In terms of books it would be a good idea to spend some time with the classic works on race, ‘otherness’ and representation, such as Black looks : race and representation (Chapter 2 Eating the Other), Edward Said’s
Orientalism (Chapter 1 The Scope of Orientalism) and Frantz Fanon’s Black skin, white masks.
White fragility : why it's so hard for white people to talk about racism is a good contemporary exploration of race relations in the US and in particular addresses some of the issues around white liberal hypocrisy as portrayed in Get Out.
‘Candyman: Urban Space, Fear and Entitlement’ in Horror film reader. looks at the portrayal of race and slavery in an earlier horror film.
The DVD I am not your Negro is an in-depth look at the work of author, intellectual and activist James Baldwin, who spoke very incisively about the construction of race relations in the United States and is worth a watch.
Finally, it might be worth looking at the treatment of race, white liberalism and black ‘servant’ characters in other contemporary films:
ReplyDelete'The Help': Softening Segregation for a Feel-Good Flick talks about The Help as a film to make white people feel better, rather than a true portrayal of segregation, while The More Things Change, The More Things Stay the Same…Or Do They?: Black Media Representation in the Age of Black Panther looks at the history of blak representation in US cinema and in particular at stereotypes/archetypes.
You might also want to read criticism of 12 Years a Slave and Django Unchained as the ‘good servant’ / ‘house negro’ archetype is covered in both those films and relates directly to the characters of Georgina and Walter in Get Out (Georgina and Walter: Get Out's complex characters that no one is talking about).
If you need any further assistance you can reach me at aday7@uca.ac.uk, contact the Gateway at gatewayrochester@uca.ac.uk to arrange a tutorial.
Thanks,
Andrew
Thanks for this Andrew, this is all super helpful!
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