In the second edition of this classic book, Dyer analyses culture from royalty to serial killers, political correctnesss and films.

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 In a word; Chapter 3 The role of stereotypes; Chapter 4 Seen to be believed: some problems in the representation of gay people as typical; Chapter 5 Homosexuality and film noir; Chapter 6 Victim: hegemonic project; Chapter 7 Male sexuality in the media; Chapter 8 Brief affairs; Chapter 9 Papillon; Chapter 10 Three questions about serial killing; Chapter 11 Straight acting; Chapter 12 A Passage to India; Chapter 13 White; Chapter 14 Lillian Gish: a white star; Chapter 15 Into the light: the whiteness of the South in The Birth of a Nation;