Critical Race Theory and Jordan Peele's Get Out

"This book provides a concise introduction to critical race theory and shows how this theory can be used to interpret Jordan Peele's Get Out. Its analysis of Get Out is organized into three sections - Sub/ urban Space, The Black Body, and The Sunken Place - illustrating how contemporary debates in critical race theory and approaches to the analysis of mainstream Hollywood cinema can illuminate each other. In this way, the book provides both an accessible reference guide to key terminology in critical race studies and film studies, while contributing new scholarship to both fields"--