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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809575103321

Autore

Casty Alan

Titolo

Communism in Hollywood [[electronic resource] ] : the moral paradoxes of testimony, silence, and betrayal / / Alan Casty

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, : Scarecrow Press, 2009

ISBN

9780810869493

0810869497

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (376 p.)

Disciplina

384/.8097309045

Soggetti

Motion picture industry - Political aspects - United States - History - 20th century

Communism and motion pictures - United States

Blacklisting of entertainers - United States - History

Blacklisting of authors - United States - History

Screenwriters - Political activity - United States

Motion picture producers and directors - Political activity - United States

Communism - United States - History

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

Before the Congressional hearings: the shaping of a culture of ideology, art, and conflict -- The hearings begin: party discipline and the realities of the Soviet world -- The time of the blacklist-and the times since.

Sommario/riassunto

Communism in Hollywood details the full scope of the Hollywood Blacklist and its aftermath. Using data now available, Casty places the Blacklist in the context of the Hollywood Party's relationship to the Communist Party U.S.A. and the significant relationship of both to the human violations occurring in the Soviet Union.