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Record Nr.

UNINA9910461024003321

Titolo

American film history : selected readings, 1960 to the present / / edited by Cynthia Lucia, Roy Grundmann, and Art Simon

Pubbl/distr/stampa

West Sussex : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2016

ISBN

1-118-47500-3

1-118-47511-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xv, 497 p.)

Disciplina

791.430973

Soggetti

Motion pictures - United States - History - 20th century

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Part I. 1960-1975 -- Part II. 1976-1990 -- Part III. 1991 to the present.

Sommario/riassunto

From the American underground film to the blockbuster superhero, this authoritative collection of introductory and specialized readings explores the core issues and developments in American cinematic history during the second half of the twentieth-century through the present day.  Considers essential subjects that have shaped the American film industry-from the impact of television and CGI to the rise of independent and underground film; from the impact of the civil rights, feminist and LGBT movements to that of 9/11. Features a student-friendly structure dividing coverage into the periods 1960