Big Tomorrow Hollywood and the Politics of the American Way

Name: Big Tomorrow Hollywood and the Politics of the American Way
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ISBN: 9780226511634

ISBN-10: 0226511634

ISBN-13: 9780226511634

Edition: 2002

Authors: Lary May

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In this daring reexamination of the connections between national politics and Hollywood movies, Lary May offers a fresh interpretation of American culture from the New Deal through the Cold War.

Book details

List price: $41.00
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 12/15/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 364
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 1.232



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgements


Prologue: Nothing Is More American



The Modern Republic Comes of Age



"My Ancestors Did Not Come Over on the Mayflower": Will Rogers and the Radicalism of Tradition



The Recreation of America: Hybrid Moviemakers and the Multicultural Republic



Utopia on Main Street: Modern Theaters and the "New" Audiences



The American Way and Its Discontent



The Birth of the White Consumer Democracy: Hollywood and the World War II Conversion Narrative



Movie Star Politics: Hollywood and the Making of Cold War Americanism



"Outside the Groove of History": Film Noir and the Birth of a Counterculture


Epilogue: Reimaging Postwar America


Appendix 1


Appendix 2


Appendix 3


Notes


Film Index


Subject Index