Front lines of community : Hollywood between war and democracy /

Based on the premise that a society's sense of commonality depends upon media practices, this study examines how Hollywood responded to the crisis of democracy during the Second World War by creating a new genre - the war film. Developing an affective theory of genre cinema, the study's fo...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kappelhoff, Hermann (Author)
Other Authors: Hendrickson, Daniel, 1963- (Translator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Alemán
Published: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2018]
Series:Cinepoetics ; volume 1
Subjects:
1900-1999
World War, 1939-1945 > Motion pictures and the war.
War films > United States > History and criticism.
Motion pictures > United States > History > 20th century.
War films > History and criticism.
Politics in motion pictures.
Motion pictures > Political aspects > United States.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Cinéma et guerre.
Films de guerre > États-Unis > Histoire et critique.
Cinéma > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Films de guerre > Histoire et critique.
Politique au cinéma.
PERFORMING ARTS > Reference.
Motion pictures.
Motion pictures > Political aspects.
War and motion pictures.
War films.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • A Shell-Shocked Face: Prologue
  • 1. Repair Work on the Sense of Commonality
  • 2. The Poetology of Genre Films
  • 3. The Emergence of the War Film Genre: A Construction of its Poetological Origins
  • 4. Genre and History
  • Genre and Sense of Commonality: An Epilogue
  • Bibliography
  • Name index
  • Film index
  • Subject index

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