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"America on Film: Representing Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality in the Movies" is a lively introduction to issues of diversity as represented within the American cinema. This book: introduces issues of diversity as represented within the American cinema in a lively and accessible manner; provides a comprehensive overview of the industrial, socio-cultural, and aesthetic factors that contribute to cinematic representations of race, class, gender, and sexuality; is designed specifically for students and includes 101 illustrations, a glossary of key terms, questions for discussion, and lists for further reading and further viewing; includes case studies of a number of films, including "The Lion King", "The Jazz Singer", "Smoke Signals", "The Grapes of Wrath", and "The Celluloid Closet". Each chapter features a concise overview of the topic at hand, a discussion of representative films, figures, and movements, and an in-depth analysis of a single film.