Overview

Collecting together some of the best thinking about the relationship between movies and politics, this book, originally published in 1993, encourages an awareness of the political dimension of film, both for film scholars and those entering the film industry. Eight essays are grouped into four parts addressing political ideology and movie narrative, political myth in the movies, political history and movie culture, and political communication and the movies. An introductory essay, as well as prefatory remarks to each of the four parts, brings additional insight and perspective and puts the essays into context.

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Author:   James E. Combs
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781138976528

ISBN 10:   1138976520
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   17 December 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Preface. Introduction Part 1: Political Ideology and Movie Narrative 1. Who’s Running this Show?: Ideology, Formula and Hegemony in American Film and Television 2. Film, Politics, and Ideology: Toward a Multiperspectival Film Theory Part 2: Political Myth in the Movies 3. The Prices of Power: Women’s Depictions in Film 4. Leatherstocking in ‘Nam: Rambo, Platoon, and the American Frontier Myth Part 3: Political History and Movie Culture 5. ""Grief in the Limelight"": Al Capone, Howard Hughes, the Hays Code and the Politics of the Unstable Text 6. Designing Multi-Cultural America: Modern Movie Theatres and the Politics of Public Space 1920-1945 Part 4: Political Communication and the Movies 7. Politics and Auteurs: From Chaplin to Wajda 8. Political Propaganda in the Movies: A Typology. Afterword. Index. Film Index"

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