A series of essays on films such as Wall Street, Disclosure, Glory, Malcolm X, Stonewall, and Philadelphia explore the way that Hollywood engages current debates about multiculturalism. Davies and Smith (both cultural studies, King Alfred's College, England) do not attempt a definitive taxonomy

Since the late 1980s Hollywood has devoted big budgets and established stars to films about controversial issues while identities previously considered marginal have come to prominence on the big screen. This work examines the issues raised by these developments, bringing together debates in identity politics with film studies and launching a theorization of cinematic representation of identity.

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