January 1, 1997
56m
EN
Sut Jhally
Cultural theorist Stuart Hall offers an extended meditation on representation. Moving beyond the accuracy or inaccuracy of specific representations, Hall argues that the process of representation itself constitutes the very world it aims to represent, and explores how the shared language of a culture, its signs and images, provides a conceptual roadmap that gives meaning to the world rather than simply reflecting it. Hall's concern throughout is the centrality of culture to the shaping of our collective perceptions, and how the dynamics of media representation reproduce forms of symbolic power.
Stuart Hall
Himself
Sut Jhally
Himself
Robert Townsend
Archive Footage (Hollywood Shuffle)
N/A
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Media Education Foundation
US
