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American film and politics from Reagan to Bush Jr / edited by Philip John Davies and Paul Wells.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2002Description: viii, 229 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0719058643
  • 9780719058646
  • 0719058651
  • 9780719058653
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 302.23430973 22
LOC classification:
  • PN1995.9.P6 A48 2002
Online resources:
Contents:
American cinema, political criticism and pragmatism : a therapeutic reading of Fight Club and Magnolia / Paul Watson -- Hollywood in elections and elections in Hollywood / Philip John Davies -- Oliver Stone's presidential films / Albert Auster -- Gender and family values in the Clinton presidency and 1990s Hollywood film / Carol R. Smith -- New York City in American film / Leonard Quart -- Dixie's land : cinema of the American South / Ralph Willett -- Independent cinema and modern Hollywood : pluralism in American cultural politics? / Brian Neve -- "I wanna be like you-oo-oo" : Disnified politics and identity from Mermaid to Mulan / Paul Wells -- Ambiguity and anger : representations of African Americans in contemporary Hollywood film / Mary Ellison -- The adversarial imagination / Phil Melling.
Summary: "Focusing on the two decades leading to the beginning of the 21st century, this collection examines central issues in American politics and society through the films of the period. Using everything from Oliver Stone to Disney, Clint Eastwood to John Sayles, Jurassic Park to Dumb and Dumber, the international array of authors explore a number of themes. These include: the cinematic views of political institutions; of politically significant places; of the projection of major issues such as gender, family, and race; and the cultural politics of the film makers themselves in America at the start of a new century."--Publisher description.
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Filmography: p. [220]-226.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-219) and index.

American cinema, political criticism and pragmatism : a therapeutic reading of Fight Club and Magnolia / Paul Watson -- Hollywood in elections and elections in Hollywood / Philip John Davies -- Oliver Stone's presidential films / Albert Auster -- Gender and family values in the Clinton presidency and 1990s Hollywood film / Carol R. Smith -- New York City in American film / Leonard Quart -- Dixie's land : cinema of the American South / Ralph Willett -- Independent cinema and modern Hollywood : pluralism in American cultural politics? / Brian Neve -- "I wanna be like you-oo-oo" : Disnified politics and identity from Mermaid to Mulan / Paul Wells -- Ambiguity and anger : representations of African Americans in contemporary Hollywood film / Mary Ellison -- The adversarial imagination / Phil Melling.

"Focusing on the two decades leading to the beginning of the 21st century, this collection examines central issues in American politics and society through the films of the period. Using everything from Oliver Stone to Disney, Clint Eastwood to John Sayles, Jurassic Park to Dumb and Dumber, the international array of authors explore a number of themes. These include: the cinematic views of political institutions; of politically significant places; of the projection of major issues such as gender, family, and race; and the cultural politics of the film makers themselves in America at the start of a new century."--Publisher description.

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