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Do Stereotypes Change Over Time? Using the Gangster Genre as an Example.
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Do Stereotypes Change Over Time? Using the Gangster Genre as an Example Whether it is possible to define a stereotype is one thing, but to define the change of a stereotype is something completely different. This is not because it is difficult to distinguish a change from the original, but because stereotypes are constantly changing, and differ from genre-to-genre, alongside the social, political, economic and cultural changes of the era. To pinpoint an exact change in a precise stereotype is not very easy to do. However, it does happen, and roles and characters have been created in the last 30 years which have altered the stereotypes and representations originally made from the black and white cinematography of the 1920s to the 1950s. Due to hybridisation, and the social, political, cultural, and economic situation of the era, the traditional stereotypes may not be changed, but divided into sub-stereotypes, which, depending on One's opinion,...
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