Tag: Mary Beltrán

  • The New Hollywood Racelessness: Only the Fast, Furious, (and Multiracial) Will Survive Cinema Journal Volume 44, Number 2, Winter 2005 pages 50-67 Mary C. Beltrán, Associate Professor of Media Studies University of Texas, Austin This article interrogates the rise of the “multiculti” action film and the casting of multiracial actors as Hollywood action film protagonists.…

  • What’s at stake in claims of “post-racial” media? FlowTV Department of Radio, Television, and Film at the University of Texas at Austin 2010-06-03 Mary C. Beltrán, Associate Professor of Media Studies University of Texas, Austin Tracy Morgan, comedic actor best known for his role as comedic performer Tracy Jordan on the NBC series 30 Rock…

  • The Politics of Biracialism [Issue] The Black Scholar Journal of Black Studies and Research Fall 2009 (2009-09-22) Volume 39, No. 3/4 Guest Editors: Laura Chrisman, Professor of English University of Washington Habiba Ibrahim, Assistant Professor of English University of Washington Ralina Joseph, Assistant Professor of Communications University of Washington Why a biracial issue, and why now? As…

  • Mixed Race Hollywood (review) [Emily D. Edwards] Journal of Film and Video Volume 61, Number 4 (Winter 2009) E-ISSN: 1934-6018 Print ISSN: 0742-4671 DOI: 10.1353/jfv.0.0051 Emily D. Edwards, Professor of Broadcasting and Cinema University of North Carolina, Greensboro Mixed Race Hollywood is a collection of essays that could not be timelier. As popular media, journalists,…

  • Since the early days of Hollywood film, portrayals of interracial romance and of individuals of mixed racial and ethnic heritage have served to highlight and challenge fault lines within Hollywood and the nation’s racial categories and borders.