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Movies and American Society, Paperback / softback Book

Movies and American Society Paperback / softback

Part of the Wiley Blackwell Readers in American Social and Cultural History series

Paperback / softback

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The second edition of Movies and American Society is a comprehensive collection of essays and primary documents that explore the ways in which movies have changed—and been changed by—American society from 1905 to the present. Each chapter includes an introduction, discussion questions, an essay examining the issues of the period, primary documents, and a list of further reading and screeningsIncludes a new chapter on "American Film in the Age of Terror" and new essays for Chapter 9 ("Race, Violence, and Film") and Chapter 13 ("Hollywood Goes Global"), as well as updated Reading and Screenings sectionsDiscusses all the major periods in American film history from the first nickelodeons to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the globalization of HollywoodDemonstrates the unique influence of movies on all aspects of American culture, from ideology, politics, and gender to class, war, and race relationsEngaging and accessible for students, with jargon-free essays and primary documents that show social practices and controversies as well as the fun and cultural influence of movies and movie-going

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