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- Title
Starving for Diversity: Ideological Implications of Race Representations in The Hunger Games.
- Authors
MOORE, ELLEN E.; COLEMAN, CATHERINE
- Abstract
The article analyzes the ideological implications of race representations in the motion picture "The Hunger Games" starring Lenny Kravitz, Dayo Okeniyi, and Amandla Sandberg, and it mentions racial diversity in films, as well as the casting of African-Americans actors and actresses in "The Hunger Games." The attitudes of many of the fans of the book "The Hunger Games" by author Suzanne Collins are examined, along with the social aspects of postracialism in America.
- Subjects
RACE in motion pictures; HUNGER Games, The (Film); AFRICAN American actors; KRAVITZ, Lenny, 1964-; IDEOLOGY &; society; SANDBERG, Amandla; AFRICAN American actresses; CASTING (Motion pictures); ATTITUDE (Psychology)
- Publication
Journal of Popular Culture, 2015, Vol 48, Issue 5, p948
- ISSN
1540-5931
- Publication type
Film/Television Criticism
- DOI
10.1111/jpcu.12335