The White Savior Film: Content, Critics, and Consumption

by Matthew W. Hughey

Book Overview

The cinematic trope of the white savior film-think of Sandra Bullock in The Blind Side, Kevin Costner in Dances with Wolves, or Tom Cruise in The Last Samurai--features messianic characters in unfamiliar or hostile settings discovering something about themselves and their culture in the process of saving members of other races from terrible fates.

In The White Savior Film, Matthew Hughey provides a cogent,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1439910014
• ISBN13: 9781439910016
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"