America on Film
Modernism, Documentary, and a Changing America
(Sprache: Englisch)
Examines how the notion of 'American' has changed from American cinema up to the 1950s.
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Examines how the notion of 'American' has changed from American cinema up to the 1950s.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „America on Film “
Part I. Embodying a New Race for America: The Question of American Hope in Mississippi Masala and Lone Star: 1. Mississippi Masala: merging ethnic and racial images; 2. Lone Star: an archeology of American culture and the American psyche; Part II. Great Fights for the Century: 3. Raging Bull: revisioning the body, soul and cinema; 4. The black gladiator and the Spartacus syndrome: race, redemption, and the ring; Part III. The Image and the Word: Literature and Film: 5. 'Fresh starts': Bugsy, The Great Gatsby, and the American dream; 6. Imaging masochism and the politics of pain: 'facing' the word in the cinetext of Seize the Day; Part IV. Documentary and Fiction: 7. Documenting the body in Modern Times: Love, play, and repression in Chaplin's silent classic; 8. Spike Lee, Denzel Washington, and the rebirth of Malcolm X: cinetext for a black American dream.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Sam B. Girgus
- 240 Seiten, Maße: 15,2 x 22,9 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Cambridge University Press
- ISBN-10: 0521009316
- ISBN-13: 9780521009317
- Erscheinungsdatum: 12.03.2013
Sprache:
Englisch
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"A useful text for anyone interested in understanding how American cinema both produces and reflects stories and images about national ideologies and identities." American Studies
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