Projections of War: Hollywood, American Culture, and World War II (Film and Culture Series) - Softcover

Doherty, Thomas

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ISBN 10: 0231116357 ISBN 13: 9780231116350

Verlag: Columbia University Press, 1999

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Book by Doherty Thomas

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A wide-ranging, lively study which combines close readings of various key films with discussions of genre, ethnicity, and beauracracy... [A] vivid blend of polemic and social history. Times Literary Supplement This is a model social history of war movies-both a penetrating examination of Hollywood at war and a bracing argument about the effects of the war on the nature of Hollywood entertainment. Kirkus Reviews

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Thomas Doherty reveals how and why Hollywood marshaled its artistic resources on behalf of the war effort and interprets the cultural meanings and enduring legacies of the motion picture record of the war years. He explains the social, political, and economic forces that created such genre classics as Mrs. Miniver, as well as comedies, musicals, newsreels, documentaries, cartoons, and army training films. He examines the Hollywood Production Code, government propaganda films, the portrayal of women and minorities in films of the period, and Hollywood's role in World War I and Vietnam. This revised edition includes new sections exploring the recent resurgence of interest in World War II films, including Saving Private Ryan and The Thin Red Line. Thomas Doherty reveals how and why Hollywood marshaled its artistic resources on behalf of the war effort and interprets the cultural meanings and enduring legacies of the motion picture record of the war years. He explains the social, political, and economic forces that created such genre classics as Mrs. Miniver, as well as comedies, musicals, newsreels, documentaries, cartoons, and army training films. He examines the Hollywood Production Code, government propaganda films, the portrayal of women and minorities in films of the period, and Hollywood's role in World War I and Vietnam. This revised edition includes new sections exploring the recent resurgence of interest in World War II films, including Saving Private Ryan and The Thin Red Line.

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• Verlag: Columbia University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0231116357
• ISBN 13: 9780231116350
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 2
• Anzahl der Seiten: 381