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Melvyn Stokes - American History through Hollywood Film, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2013

American History through Hollywood Film

From the Revolution to the 1960s

Av Melvyn Stokes

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American History through Hollywood Film offers a new perspective on major issues in American history from the 1770s to the end of the twentieth century and explores how they have been represented in film. Melvyn Stokes examines how and why representation has changed over time, looking at the origins, underlying assumptions, production, and reception of an important cross-section of historical films. Chapters deal with key events in American history including the American Revolution, the Civil War and its legacy, the Great Depression, and the anti-communism of the Cold War era. Major themes such as ethnicity, slavery, Native Americans and Jewish immigrants are covered and a final chapter looks at the way the 1960s and 70s have been dealt with by Hollywood. This book is essential reading for anyone studying American history and the relationship between history and film.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2013-12-05
  • Mått: 154 x 232 x 18 mm
  • Vikt: 460 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 312
  • Förlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
  • ISBN: 9781441175922
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Melvyn Stokes is Reader in Film History in the Department of History at University College London, UK.

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American History through Hollywood Film is a very useful book. The range of topics and films covered, Stokes’s knowledge, rigorous methodology, precise style and experience teaching this topic, make it an indispensable book for a class on American history in Hollywood cinema and a book that should be recommended as an example to all students writing theses or dissertations on the representation of history on film or the relationship between history and cinema. The overviews it offers on each point will provide a good starting point for any student or scholar interested in pursuing them. For all of these reasons, I cannot recommend Stokes’s book enough.

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