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American cinema of the 1960s : themes and variations /
The profound cultural and political changes of the 1960s brought the United States closer to social revolution than at any other time in the twentieth century. The country fragmented as various challenges to state power were met with increasing and violent resistance. The Cold War heated up and the...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Brunswick, N.J. :
Rutgers University Press,
©2008.
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| Colección: | Screen decades.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The profound cultural and political changes of the 1960s brought the United States closer to social revolution than at any other time in the twentieth century. The country fragmented as various challenges to state power were met with increasing and violent resistance. The Cold War heated up and the Vietnam War divided Americans. Civil rights, women?s liberation, and gay rights further emerged as significant social issues. Free love was celebrated even as the decade was marked by assassinations, mass murders, and social unrest. At the same time, American cinema underwent radical change as well. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 275 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-252) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780813544717 0813544718 1281776483 9781281776488 1780348746 9781780348742 9786611776480 6611776486 0813542197 9780813542195 |