The cultural politics of contemporary Hollywood film : power, culture and society /

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Adopting and developing a 'cultural politics' approach, this comprehensive study explores how Hollywood movies generate and reflect political myths about social and personal life that profoundly influence how we understand power relations. Instead of looking at genre, it employs three broa...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Beasley, Chris (Author), Brook, Heather (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2019.
Subjects:
1900-2099
Politics in motion pictures.
Motion pictures > California > Los Angeles > History > 20th century.
Motion pictures > California > Los Angeles > History > 21st century.
Politique au cinéma.
Cinéma > Californie > Los Angeles > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Cinéma > Californie > Los Angeles > Histoire > 21e siècle.
PERFORMING ARTS > Reference.
PERFORMING ARTS > Film & Video > History & Criticism.
Politics in motion pictures
Motion pictures
California > Los Angeles
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: the cultural politics of popular film
  • Frames
  • Security: order and disorder
  • War and order
  • Disorder and fear
  • Fearsome monsters
  • Gender and intimate relationships
  • Romance
  • Bromance
  • Against the grain? Socially critical movies
  • Questioning the critical
  • The big picture: the 'metropole' and peripheral 'others'
  • Responses from 'the margins'.

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