4 options
Americanization of history : conflation of time and culture in film and television / edited by Kathleen McDonald.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Motion pictures and history.
- Television and history--United States.
- Television and history.
- Motion pictures and literature--United States.
- Motion pictures and literature.
- Television and literature--United States.
- Television and literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (303 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This collection of essays searches for how history and literature translate into filmic texts reflecting the time and place of the translation. Major motion pictures as well as television movies and series are the sites of this exploration. The opening essay surveys what films tell us it means to be set in a medieval time, while the second looks at one of the most powerful movie studios since the earliest days of movie-making, Walt Disney Studios. The second section investigates classic Ameri...
- Contents:
- pt. 1. The past and the other in film : overviews
- pt. 2. It's American, dammit! ... isn't it?
- pt. 3. Beyond the bounds of propriety
- pt. 4. The audience's demand for sex and violence rewrites history
- pt. 5. Historicizing the present.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-14194-9
- 1-4438-2624-3
- 9786613141941
- OCLC:
- 816845339
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.