American History and Contemporary Hollywood Film
Autor Trevor McCrisken, Andrew Pepperen Limba Engleză Paperback – 13 mar 2005
Hollywood has always been fascinated by America's past, but never more so than in the past fifteen years. Bringing exciting new perspectives to how and why Hollywood has sought to repicture American history, this book offers analysis of more than twenty mainstream contemporary films, including The Patriot, Amistad, Glory, Ride with the Devil, Cold Mountain, Saving Private Ryan, TheThin Red Line, Pearl Harbor, U-571, Platoon, Born on the Fourth of July, Heaven and Earth, JFK, Nixon, Malcolm X, Ali, Black Hawk Down, and Three Kings.
Both authoritative and engaging, American History and Contemporary Hollywood Film is the first book to comprehensively explore the post-cold war period of filmmaking, and to navigate the complex ways that film mediates history-sometimes challenging or questioning, but more frequently reaffirming traditional interpretations. The authors consider why such films are becoming increasingly integral to the ambitions of a globally focused American film industry.
Structured by historical periods, chapters cover significant events and eras such as the American Revolution, slavery and the Civil War, World War II, the sixties and seventies, civil rights and black nationalism, the Vietnam War, and post-cold war global conflicts. The lessons learned from the examples will be illuminating for general readers and college students alike.
Both authoritative and engaging, American History and Contemporary Hollywood Film is the first book to comprehensively explore the post-cold war period of filmmaking, and to navigate the complex ways that film mediates history-sometimes challenging or questioning, but more frequently reaffirming traditional interpretations. The authors consider why such films are becoming increasingly integral to the ambitions of a globally focused American film industry.
Structured by historical periods, chapters cover significant events and eras such as the American Revolution, slavery and the Civil War, World War II, the sixties and seventies, civil rights and black nationalism, the Vietnam War, and post-cold war global conflicts. The lessons learned from the examples will be illuminating for general readers and college students alike.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780813536217
ISBN-10: 0813536219
Pagini: 240
Ilustrații: 1
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.37 kg
Ediția:None
Editura: Rutgers University Press
Colecția Rutgers University Press
ISBN-10: 0813536219
Pagini: 240
Ilustrații: 1
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.37 kg
Ediția:None
Editura: Rutgers University Press
Colecția Rutgers University Press
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Notă biografică
TREVOR McCRISKEN is lecturer in American politics and international studies at the University of Warwick. He is the author of American Exceptionalism and the Legacy of Vietnam: US Foreign Policy Since 1974.
ANDREW PEPPER is lecturer in English and American literature at Queen's University, Belfast. He is the author of The Contemporary American Crime Novel.
ANDREW PEPPER is lecturer in English and American literature at Queen's University, Belfast. He is the author of The Contemporary American Crime Novel.
Cuprins
Lessons from Hollywood's American Revolution (Revolution ; The Patriot)
Rattling the chains of history : Steven Spielberg's Amistad and "telling everyone's story" (Roots ; Amistad)
Hollywood's Civil War dilemma : to imagine or unravel the nation? (Gettysburg ; Glory ; Ride with the devil ; Cold Mountain)
Saving the good war : Hollywood and World War II in the post-Cold War world (Saving Private Ryan ; The thin red line ; U-571 ; Pearl Harbor)
Oliver Stone and the decade of trauma (Platoon ; Born on the fourth of July ; Heaven and Earth ; JFK ; Nixon)
From civil rights to black nationalism : Hollywood v. black America? (Panther ; Mississippi burning ; The hurricane ; Malcolm X ; Ali)
Hollywood's post-Cold War history : the "righteousness" of American interventionism (Three kings ; Black Hawk down)
Rattling the chains of history : Steven Spielberg's Amistad and "telling everyone's story" (Roots ; Amistad)
Hollywood's Civil War dilemma : to imagine or unravel the nation? (Gettysburg ; Glory ; Ride with the devil ; Cold Mountain)
Saving the good war : Hollywood and World War II in the post-Cold War world (Saving Private Ryan ; The thin red line ; U-571 ; Pearl Harbor)
Oliver Stone and the decade of trauma (Platoon ; Born on the fourth of July ; Heaven and Earth ; JFK ; Nixon)
From civil rights to black nationalism : Hollywood v. black America? (Panther ; Mississippi burning ; The hurricane ; Malcolm X ; Ali)
Hollywood's post-Cold War history : the "righteousness" of American interventionism (Three kings ; Black Hawk down)
Descriere
Bringing exciting new perspectives to how and why Hollywood has sought to repicture American history, this book offers analysis of more than twenty mainstream contemporary films, including The Patriot, Amistad, Glory, Ride with the Devil, Cold Mountain, Saving Private Ryan, TheThin Red Line, Pearl Harbor, U-571, Platoon, Born on the Fourth of July, Heaven and Earth, JFK, Nixon, Malcolm X, Ali, Black Hawk Down, and Three Kings. Both authoritative and engaging, American History and Contemporary Hollywood Film is the first book to comprehensively explore the post-cold war period of filmmaking, and to navigate the complex ways that film mediates history—sometimes challenging or questioning, but more frequently reaffirming traditional interpretations.