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Hollywood as historian : American film in a cultural context /

Motion picture images have influenced the American mind since the earliest days of film, and many thoughtful people are becoming ever more concerned about that influence, as about the pervasive influence of television. In eras of economic instability and international conflict, the film industry has...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Rollins, Peter C. (Editor ), Browne, Ray B. (Ray Broadus), 1922-2009 (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 1983.
Edición:Revised edition.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Foreword; Introduction; 1. Cultural History Written with Lightning: The Significance of The Birth of A Nation (1915); 2. Problems in Film History: How Fox Innovated Sound; 3. Ideology and Film Rhetoric: Three Documentaries of the New Deal Era (1936-1941); 4. Fighting Words: City Lights (1931), Modern Times (1936), and The Great Dictator (1940); 5. The Grapes of Wrath (1940): Thematic Emphasis through Visual Style; 6. History with Lightning: The Forgotten Film Wilson (1944); 7. The Negro Soldier (1944): Film Propaganda in Black and White.
  • 8. The Snake Pit (1948): The Sexist Nature of Sanity9. Ambivalence as a Theme in On the Waterfront (1954): An Interdisciplinary Approach to Film Study; 10. Dr. Strangelove (1964): Nightmare Comedy and the Ideology of Liberal Consensus; 11. A Test of American Film Censorship: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966); 12. Apocalypse Now (1979): Joseph Conrad and the Television War; 13. Film, Television, and American Studies: A 1998 Update; Film Data and Purchase Sources ; Contributors ; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.