Projecting Politics Political Messages in American Films

Name: Projecting Politics Political Messages in American Films
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ISBN: 9780765614445

ISBN-10: 0765614448

ISBN-13: 9780765614445

Edition: 2006

Authors: Terry Christensen, Peter J. Haas

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List price: $47.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 5/31/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.144
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments



Studying Political Films



Setting the Scene: A Theory of Film and Politics



The Making of a Message: Film Production and Techniques and Political Messages



Causes and Special Effects: The Political Environment of Film



Political Films by Decade



Politics in the Silent Movies



The 1930s: Political Movies and the Great Depression



The 1940s: Hollywood Goes to War



The 1950s: Anti-Communism and Conformity



The 1960s: From Mainstream to Counterculture



The 1970s: Cynicism, Paranoia, War and Anticapitalism



The 1980s: New Patriotism, Old Reds, and a Return to Vietnam in the Age of Reagan



The 1990s: The 1990s and Beyond 9/11



Political Films by Topic



True Lies? The Rise of Political Documentaries



Film and the Politics of Race: The Minority Report



Women, Politics and Film: All About Eve?




Afterword


Appendices



An Outtake: A Guide for the Political Analysis of Movies



The Net: A Brief Guide to Web-Based Film Resources



Closing Credits: A Political Filmography



The Bottom Line: Film Domestic Gross Receipts by Decade


Notes


Index


About the Authors