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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453480803321

Autore

Kelley Beverly Merrill

Titolo

Reelpolitik ideologies in American political film / / Beverly Merrill Kelley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Lexington Books, , 2012

©2012

ISBN

0-7391-7208-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (271 p.)

Collana

Lexington Studies in Political Communication

Disciplina

791.43658

Soggetti

Motion pictures - Political aspects - United States

Motion pictures - Political aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

REELPOLITIK IDEOLOGIES IN AMERICAN POLITICAL FILM; Contents; Chapter 1 Introduction: Purpose, Rationale, and Parameters; Chapter 2 Tale of Two Cities; Chapter 3 Populism; Chapter 4 Elitism; Chapter 5 Fascism; Chapter 6 Antifascism; Chapter 7 Interventionism; Chapter 8 Isolationism; Chapter 9 Conclusion: Myth, Megaphone, Metaphor, Mirror, Microscope, and Magic Carpet; Ideological Filmology; Selected Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

Reelpolitik Ideologies in American Political Film, by Beverly Merrill Kelley, is a unique investigation that advances beyond typical left (liberal) and right (conservative) political distinctions found in most studies dealing with politics in cinema. This text offers a systematic and comprehensive study of American political films with an extensive ideological filmology. Reelpolitik Ideologies in American Political Film is an essential study of the crossroads of politics and culture.