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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809559503321

Titolo

Americanization of history : conflation of time and culture in film and television / / edited by Kathleen McDonald

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2011

ISBN

1-283-14194-9

1-4438-2624-3

9786613141941

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (303 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

McDonaldKathleen (Kathleen A.)

Disciplina

791.43658

Soggetti

Motion pictures and history

Television and history - United States

Motion pictures and literature - United States

Television and literature - United States

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

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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...