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UNINA9910462357003321 |
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Siomopoulos Anna <1969-, > |
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Hollywood melodrama and the New Deal : public daydreams / / Anna Siomopoulos |
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New York : , : Routledge, , 2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-66247-6 |
9786613639400 |
0-203-12764-1 |
1-136-46398-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (167 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge advances in film studies ; ; 13 |
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Soggetti |
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Melodrama in motion pictures |
New Deal, 1933-1939, in motion pictures |
Motion pictures - Political aspects - United States |
Motion pictures - Social aspects - United States |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Hollywood Melodrama and the New Deal; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; Acknowledgments; Introduction: "Public Daydreams" and the New Deal; 1. Scarface over the White House: The New Deal and the Political Gangster Film; 2. "With Every Step and Every Breath I Took": Mass Culture, Embodied Citizenship, and the Mob Violence Film of the 1930s; 3. "I Didn't Know Anyone Could Be so Unselfi sh": The Welfare State, Consumer Citizenship, and King Vidor's Stella Dallas; 4. "I Know I Done Wrong; I've Done Repent": Black Nationalism, the New Deal, and The Emperor Jones |
5. The Doubleness of "Indemnity": The Welfare State and 1940s Insurance NoirConclusion: Towards a Political Theory of Melodrama; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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While many critics have analyzed the influence of the FDR administration on Hollywood films of the era, most of these studies |
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