Hollywood's America United States History Through Its Films

Name: Hollywood's America United States History Through Its Films
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ISBN: 9781881089681

ISBN-10: 1881089681

ISBN-13: 9781881089681

Edition: 3rd 2001 (Revised)

Authors: Steven Mintz, Randy Roberts

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Description:

This anthology of documents and essays teaches students to read films as cultural artifacts within the contexts of actual past events. The films are studied as a reflection of their times and as an influence upon style and belief. Each major Part consists of essays on particular films or topics, followed by an assortment of primary documents; a 50-page bibliography of film history concludes the volume.

Book details

List price: $39.95
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2001
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/16/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 392
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English

Steven Mintz is Executive Director of the Institute for Transformational Learning at the University of Texas.



Preface


Introduction


The Silent Era


Introduction


Silent Film as Social Criticism


Silent Cinema as Historical Mythmaker


Silent Comedy as Cultural Commentary


Primary Sources


Hollywood's Golden Age


Introduction


Depression America and Its Films


The Depression's Human Toll


Depression Allegories


African Americans on the Silver Screen


Oson Wells as Poet and Historian


Primary Sources


Wartime Hollywood


Introduction


Wartime Films as Instruments of Propaganda


Casablanca as Propaganda


Bureau of Motion Pictures Report


How WW II Affected Women


Primary Source


Postwar Hollywood


Introduction


The Red Scare in Hollywood


A Perverse Tribute to Hollywood's Past


The Morality of Informing


Science Fiction as Social Commentary


The Western as Cold War Film


Primary Sources


Hollywood Since Vietnam


Introduction


A Shifting Sensibility


Films of the Late Sixties and Early Seventies


Reaffirming traditional Values


Coming to Terms with the Vietnam War


Films of the Eighties


Our Movie-Made President


Primary Source


Presenting African Americans on Film


Bibliography


Acknowledgments