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Author:
McCrisken, Trevor, 1968- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2003042864
Title:
American history and contemporary Hollywood film / Trevor B. McCrisken and Andrew Pepper.
Publisher:
Edinburgh University Press,
Copyright Date:
2005
Description:
xii, 227 pages ; 24 cm
Subject:
Historical films--United States--History and criticism.
Motion pictures and history.
United States--In motion pictures.
Other Authors:
Pepper, Andrew. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2001045368
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-215) and index.
Summary:
Hollywood has a growing fascination with America's past. This book offers an analysis of how and why contemporary Hollywood films have sought to mediate American history. It considers whether or how far contemporary films have begun to unravel the unifying myths of earlier films and periods.
ISBN:
9780748614899
0748614893
9780748614905
0748614907
OCLC:
(OCoLC)58632520
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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