J. Edgar Hoover Goes to the Movies – The FBI and the Origins of Hollywood`s Cold War
Autor John Sbardellatien Limba Engleză Hardback – 14 mai 2012
In J. Edgar Hoover Goes to the Movies, John Sbardellati provides a new consideration of Hollywood's history and the post-World War II Red Scare. In addition to governmental intrusion into the creative process, he details the efforts of left-wing filmmakers to use the medium to bring social problems to light and the campaigns of their colleagues on the political right, through such organizations as the Motion Picture Alliance for the Preservation of American Ideals, to prevent dissemination of "un-American" ideas and beliefs.
Sbardellati argues that the attack on Hollywood drew its motivation from a sincerely held fear that film content endangered national security by fostering a culture that would be at best apathetic to the Cold War struggle, or, at its worst, conducive to communism at home. Those who took part in Hollywood's Cold War struggle, whether on the left or right, shared one common trait: a belief that the movies could serve as engines for social change. This strongly held assumption explains why the stakes were so high and, ultimately, why Hollywood became one of the most important ideological battlegrounds of the Cold War.
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ISBN-13: 9780801450082
ISBN-10: 080145008X
Pagini: 264
Dimensiuni: 164 x 240 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.52 kg
Editura: MB – Cornell University Press
ISBN-10: 080145008X
Pagini: 264
Dimensiuni: 164 x 240 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.52 kg
Editura: MB – Cornell University Press
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In J. Edgar Hoover Goes to the Movies, John Sbardellati examines Hollywood's key role as a cultural, political, and ideological battleground of the early Cold War, providing a new consideration of Hollywood's history and the post-World War II Red Scare.