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



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Titolo: Americanization of history [[electronic resource] ] : conflation of time and culture in film and television / / edited by Kathleen McDonald Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Newcastle upon Tyne, : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2011
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (303 p.)
Disciplina: 791.43658
Soggetto topico: Motion pictures and history
Television and history - United States
Motion pictures and literature - United States
Television and literature - United States
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Altri autori: McDonaldKathleen (Kathleen A.)  
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...
Titolo autorizzato: Americanization of history  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-283-14194-9
1-4438-2624-3
9786613141941
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910464103203321
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