Box office archaeology : refining Hollywood's portrayals of the past / Julie M. Schablitsky, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Schablitsky, Julie M. (Julie Marie)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures and history.

Historical films--History and criticism.

Historical films.

Archaeology and history.

Archaeology.

Physical Description:

256 pages : illustrations, 1 map ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Walnut Creek, Calif. : Left Coast Press, [2007]

Summary:

How true is it? is a common refrain of patrons coming out of movie theatres after the latest film on pirates, Vikings, or mummies. While Hollywood usurps the past for its own entertainment purposes, archaeologists and historians know a lot about many of these subjects, digging up stories often more fascinating than the ones projected on screen. This distinguished group of archaeologists select key subjects and genres used by Hollywood and provide the historical and archaeological depth that a movie cannot--what really happened in history. Topics include Egypt, the Wild West, Civil War submarines, Vikings, the Titanic, and others. The book should be of interest to introductory archaeology and American history classes, courses on film and popular culture, and to a general audience.

Contents:

The way of the archaeologist / Julie M. Schablitsky

Unwrapping the mummy : Hollywood fantasies, Egyptian realities / Stuart Tyson Smith

Vikings, vixens, and Valhalla : Hollywood depictions of the Norse / Mark Axel Tveskov and Jon M. Erlandson

A pirates [sic] life for me! But what did that really mean? / Charles R. Ewen and Russell K. Skowronek

Titanic / James P. Delgado

Voyage from myth : return of the Confederate sumbarine H.L. Hunley / Robert S. Neyland

Pocahontas unanimated : the life of a Powhatan princess / Randy Amici

The life and times of the ever-changing Hollywood Indian / Charles M. Haecker

Imagining blackness : archaeological and cinematic visions of African American life / Paul R. Mullins

Five points on film : myth, urban archaeology, and Gangs of New York / Rebecca Yamin and Lauren J. Cook

Western boomtowns : the lost episodes / Julie M. Schablitsky

Contesting Hollywood's Chinatowns / Bryn Williams and Stacey Camp

When the legend becomes fact : reconciling Hollywood realism and archaeological realities / Vergil E Noble.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781598740554

1598740555

9781598740561

1598740563

OCLC:

123114421