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We'll always have the movies : American cinema during World War II /
During the highly charged years of World War II, movies perhaps best communicated to Americans who they were and why they were fighting. These films were more than just an explanation of historical events: they asked audiences to consider the Nazi threat, they put a face on both our enemies and alli...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Main Authors: | , |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Published: |
Lexington :
University Press of Kentucky,
©2006.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | During the highly charged years of World War II, movies perhaps best communicated to Americans who they were and why they were fighting. These films were more than just an explanation of historical events: they asked audiences to consider the Nazi threat, they put a face on both our enemies and allies, and they explored changing wartime gender roles. We'll Always Have the Movies shows how film after film repeated the narratives, character types, and rhetoric that made the war and each American's role in it comprehensible. Robert L. McLaughlin and Sally E. Parry have watched more than six-hundr. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 357 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Filmography: pages 321-336. Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-319) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0813171377 9780813171371 9780813137643 0813137640 9780813134840 0813134846 |