Stuart Hall: Race, The Floating Signifier

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Stuart Hall: Race, The Floating Signifier (1997)

Directed by Sut Jhally

· 1h 02m

Stuart Hall offers an accessible and clarifying analysis of the social construction of race and racial difference. He explores how variations in people's appearances come to be mistaken for essential differences. He traces how these misinterpretations function both to express and to reproduce dominant power relations. And he argues for more rigorous engagements with identity, representation, and contingency capable of acknowledging and respecting difference without essentializing it. An ideal introduction to how cultural studies intervenes in debates about race, representation, identity, and power.

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Cast

Stuart Hall Himself

Crew

Director
Sut Jhally

Details

Release date
1997-01-01
Runtime
1h 02m
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English