American Film and Society Since 1945

Name: American Film and Society Since 1945
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ISBN: 9780275967437

ISBN-10: 0275967433

ISBN-13: 9780275967437

Edition: 3rd 2001 (Revised)

Authors: Leonard Quart, Albert Auster

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Although films rarely act as mirror reflections of everyday reality, they are, nevertheless, powerful cultural expressions of the dreams and desires of the American public. In the third edition of their seminal work, Leonard Quart and Albert Auster provide a complete post-World War II survey of American cinema and its often complex and contradictory values. From the self-confident affirmations of the immediate postwar era, through the social and cinematic turbulence of the sixties and seventies, to the darker, more pessimistic works of the nineties, America cinema has reflected and refracted American concerns. While adhering to the chronological structure and critical premises of the…

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List price: $34.95
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: ABC-CLIO, LLC
Publication date: 12/30/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 244
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Leonard Quart is professor emeritus of cinema at CUNY and COSI, contributing editor at Cineaste , and co-author of American Film and Society since 1945 .nbsp;



Preface to the Third Edition


Acknowledgments



Introduction



The Forties



The Fifties



The Sixties



The Seventies



The Eighties



The Nineties


Selected Bibliography


Index