Hollywood's America: Social and Political Themes in Motion Pictures

ISBN-13: 9780367319830 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 319 str.

Stephen P Powers;David J Rothman;Stanley Rothman

Opis

American motion pictures still dominate the world market with an impact that is difficult to measure. Their role in American culture has been a powerful one since the 1930s and is a hallmark of our culture today. Though much has been written about the film industry, there has been very little systematic attention paid to the ideology of its creativ

Spis treści

Preface -- Studying Hollywood -- Hollywood's History and the Politics of Motion Pictures -- The New Hollywood Elite: A Profile -- Hollywood Views the Military -- Crime, Violence, and the Police -- Religious Decline? -- Hollywood's Class Act -- The Politics of Gender -- A New Deal for Minorities? -- Box Office Hits: 1990—1994 -- Hollywood and the Moviemakers -- The Poverty of Film Theory -- The Interview Sample -- The Movie Sample and Content Analysis

O autorze

Stephen P Powers, Stanley Rothman