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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818286603321

Autore

Cowans Jon

Titolo

Empire films and the crisis of colonialism, 1946-1959 / / Jon Cowans

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore : , : Johns Hopkins University Press, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

1-4214-1642-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (448 p.)

Disciplina

791.43/6581

Soggetti

Imperialism in motion pictures

Motion pictures - Great Britain - History - 20th century

Motion pictures - France - History - 20th century

Motion pictures - United States - History - 20th century

Motion pictures - Political aspects

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

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""PART I: THE PERSISTENCE OF EMPIRE: COLONIALIST FILMS IN THE DECOLONIZATION ERA""; ""1 The White Woman�s Burden""; ""2 Heroes of Empire""; ""3 Westerns""; ""PART II: COMING TO TERMS: CONFRONTING INSURGENCY AND DECOLONIZATION""; ""4 The British Empire and Decolonization""; ""5 The French Empire and Decolonization""; ""6 Americans in Postwar Asia""; ""PART III: DANGEROUS LIAISONS: INTERRACIAL COUPLES IN FILMS""; ""7 Miscegenation in Westerns""; ""8 Romance across the Pacific""

""9 Black-White Couples and Internal Decolonization""""Conclusion""; ""Appendix A: Attitudes toward Indians and U.S. Conquest in Westerns""; ""Appendix B: Outcomes of Interracial Romance in Miscegenation Films""; ""Notes""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Z""