Teaching history with message movies /

"This volume is a teacher's guide for teaching with "message," or social problem, films. It will cover key themes and concepts and will also provide an era-by-era overview of significant issues and related films, a tutorial in using film in historical methodology, user guides for...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Carr, Steven Alan, 1964- (Author), Frost, Jennifer, 1961- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2018]
Series:Teaching history with . . . series
Subjects:
History > Study and teaching (Secondary) > Audio-visual aids.
Social problem films > United States.
Motion pictures in education.
Histoire > Étude et enseignement (Secondaire) > Aides audiovisuelles.
Films sociaux > États-Unis.
Cinéma en éducation.
PERFORMING ARTS > Reference.
Social problem films
Motion pictures in education
History > Study and teaching (Secondary) > Audio-visual aids
History in motion pictures
Motion pictures, American
United States
Teachers' guides
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Teachers' guides.
Guides de l'enseignant.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Concepts
  • A brief history of the "message movie", or social problem film, in Hollywood
  • Concepts and conventions of the social problem film
  • Topics over time
  • Labor and class conflict, according to Hollywood
  • Women, sex, and family conflict on film
  • Projecting racial and ethnic prejudice
  • Screening private illness and public health
  • Crime at the movies.

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