Jones, Pete and Gulam, Joshua (2023) A critical quantitative analysis of race and representation in the Fast Saga films. In: Full-Throttle Franchise: The culture, business and politics of Fast & Furious. Bloomsbury, pp. 73-102. ISBN 9781501378904
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As the ‘multiculturalism’ and ‘diversity’ of Fast & Furious become more widely recognised elements of its brand, there’s a need to engage empirically with the complex nature of racial representation in the franchise. This essay uses a critical quantitative approach to explore the franchise's ostensibly ‘inclusive’ casting practices, especially in terms of its strong emphasis on multiracial characters. Specifically, we combine textual reading of the Fast Saga films with a character networks-based content analysis that records the distribution of dialogue between characters from various racial/ethnic groups. The goals of this are twofold. Firstly, building on previous discussions of the franchise’s post-racial identity politics, we aim to uncover the types of embedded textual dynamics and hierarchies that aren’t always picked up by a focus on headcount data. Second, we hope to contribute to wider debates around the auditing and evaluation of on-screen representation in assessing representational inequality in Hollywood cinema.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
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| Faculty / Department: | Faculty of Creative Arts & Humanities > School of Creative and Performing Arts |
| Depositing User: | Joshua Gulam |
| Date Deposited: | 14 Jun 2023 14:14 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Oct 2024 10:59 |
| URI: | https://hira.hope.ac.uk/id/eprint/3951 |
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