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The Civil War on film / Peg A. Lamphier and Rosanne Welch.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lamphier, Peg A., author.
- Welch, Rosanne, author.
- Series:
- Hollywood history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- War films--United States--History and criticism.
- War films.
- History.
- War and television.
- War television programs.
- United States.
- War television programs--United States--History and criticism.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Motion pictures and the war.
- War and motion pictures.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Television and the war.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxxi,182 pages).
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Barbara, California : ABC-CLIO, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2020]
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- The nation's years of civil war were painful, destructive, and unpleasant. Yet war films tend to embrace mythologies that erase that historical reality, romanticizing the Civil War. The editors of this volume have little patience for any argument that implies race-based slavery isn't an entirely repugnant economic, political, and cultural institution and that the people who fought to preserve slavery were fighting for a glorious and admirable cause. To that end, The Civil War on Film will open with a timeline and introduction and then explore ten films across decades of cinema history in ten chapters, from Birth of a Nation, which debuted in 1915, to The Free State of Jones, which debuted one hundred and one years later. It will also analyze and critique the myriad of mythologies and ideologies which appear in American Civil War films, including Lost Cause ideation, Black Confederate fictions, Northern Aggression mythologies, and White Savior tropes. It will also suggest the way particular films mirror the time in which they were written and filmed. Further resources will close the volume.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 28, 2020).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Lamphier, Peg A.. The Civil War on film
- ISBN:
- 9781440866630
- 1440866635
- Publisher Number:
- 40030120941
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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