Showbiz Politics : Hollywood in American Political Life /

Conventional wisdom holds that John F. Kennedy was the first celebrity president, in no small part because of his innate television savvy. But, as Kathryn Brownell shows, Kennedy capitalized on a tradition and style rooted in California politics and the Hollywood studio system. Since the 1920s, poli...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Brownell, Kathryn Cramer (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2014]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Politik och film, USA.
Filmschauspieler
Inszenierung
Politisches Engagement
Politik
Filmproduktion
Politics and government.
Politics and culture.
Motion picture producers and directors > Political activity.
Motion picture industry > Political aspects.
Motion picture actors and actresses > Political activity.
HISTORY > United States > 20th Century.
PSYCHOLOGY > Social Psychology.
Producteurs et realisateurs de cinema > Activite politique > États-Unis.
Politique et culture > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Cinema > Industrie > Aspect politique > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Motion picture actors and actresses > Political activity > United States.
Motion picture producers and directors > Political activity > United States.
Politics and culture > United States > History > 20th century.
Motion picture industry > Political aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
Los Angeles- Hollywood
USA
United States.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement > 20e siecle.
United States > Politics and government > 20th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : put on a show!
  • California-made spectacles
  • The Hollywood dream machine goes to war
  • The glittering robes of entertainment
  • Defending the American way of life
  • Building a star system in politics
  • Asserting the sixth estate
  • The razzle dazzle strategy
  • Conclusion : the Washington dream machine.

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