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OverviewHistorians investigate the relationships between film, culture, and energy. American Energy Cinema explores how Hollywood movies have portrayed energy from the early film era to the present. Looking at classics like Giant, Silkwood, There Will Be Blood, and Matewan, and at quirkier fare like A Is for Atom and Convoy, it argues that films have both reflected existing beliefs and conjured new visions for Americans about the role of energy in their lives and their history. The essays in this collection show how film provides a unique and informative lens to understand perceptions of energy production, consumption, and infrastructure networks. By placing films that prominently feature energy within historical context and analyzing them as historical objects, the contributing authors demonstrate how energy systems of all kinds are both integral to the daily life of Americans and inextricable from larger societal changes and global politics. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Robert Lifset , Raechel Lutz , Sarah Stanford-McIntyrePublisher: West Virginia University Press Imprint: West Virginia University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 22.80cm Weight: 0.494kg ISBN: 9781952271762ISBN 10: 1952271762 Pages: 370 Publication Date: 01 April 2023 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Introduction Part 1: When Disaster Strikes 1. Blackouts, Bad Guys, and Belly Laughs: Exploring America’s First Cascading Power Failure in Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? (1968) Julie A. Cohn 2. Meltdown: Nuclear Cinema and the Martha Mitchell Effect in The China Syndrome (1979) and SilkwoodReviews"""Movies are a fun escape from reality, cultural snapshots in time, and valuable historical documents. That's the key thesis and value of this book: it gives readers an engaging way to learn the history of energy--rather, the history of American society--with a century of thrillers, dramas, comedies, and whodunits. Addressing a range of genres, story lines, and themes, this collection of essays will be captivating and informative for movie lovers, energy enthusiasts, and historians alike."" Michael E. Webber, host and creator of the PBS special Energy at the Movies ""A rich and compelling collection of essays covering a broad range of moments and films in the histories of oil, coal, nuclear power, and energy in America."" Toby Jones, Rutgers University" A rich and compelling collection of essays covering a broad range of moments and films in the histories of oil, coal, nuclear power, and energy in America. Toby Jones, Rutgers University Author InformationRobert Lifset is the Donald Keith Jones Associate Professor of History in the Honors College at the University of Oklahoma and the author of Power on the Hudson: Storm King Mountain and the Emergence of Modern American Environmentalism. Raechel Lutz teaches history and civics at the Wardlaw+Hartridge School. Sarah Stanford-McIntyre is assistant professor of engineering, ethics, and society at the University of Colorado Boulder. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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