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Civil servants on the silver screen : Hollywood's depiction of government and bureaucrats /
This book demonstrates how government bureaucracy is portrayed in the top ten box office grossing films from 2000-2015. Perhaps unsurprisingly, government is generally portrayed poorly, but individual government bureaucrats are typically depicted positively.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lanham :
Lexington Books,
[2018]
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| Colección: | Politics, literature, & film.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. The intersection of film and government
- 2. The history and economics of Hollywood
- 3. Audiences, the influence of film, and socialization
- 4. Popular film and its depiction of government
- 5. Celluloid civil servants
- 6. Prominent civil servants in film: cops and intelligence officers
- 7. Film, policy, and audience attitudes
- 8. Are they ready for their close-up? Themes and implications
- Appendixes: A. Films included in study
- B. Specific types of government characters
- C. Cop films included in Chapter 6
- D. Total box office receipts, 1929-2016
- E. Number of cinemas and screens in the United States.