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Movies and American Society

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by Steven J. Ross
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Availability:In StockContributor:Steven J. RossSeries:Wiley Blackwell Readers in American Social and Cultural HistPublish date:2014-01-28Pages:416
Language:EnglishPublisher:Wiley-BlackwellISBN-13:9780470673645ISBN-10:470673648UPC:9780470673645Book Category:History, Performing ArtsBook Subcategory:United States, FilmSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.90 inchesWeight:1.2015Product ID:SCE5VRG2PA

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 screenings
  • Includes 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 sections
  • Discusses all the major periods in American film history from the first nickelodeons to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the globalization of Hollywood
  • Demonstrates the unique influence of movies on all aspects of American culture, from ideology, politics, and gender to class, war, and race relations
  • Engaging 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
Language:EnglishPublisher:Wiley-BlackwellISBN-13:9780470673645ISBN-10:470673648UPC:9780470673645Book Category:History, Performing ArtsBook Subcategory:United States, FilmSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.90 inchesWeight:1.2015Product ID:SCE5VRG2PA

Steven J. Ross is Professor of History at the University of Southern California. He is co-director of the Los Angeles Institute for the Humanities and author of Workers On the Edge: Work, Leisure, and Politics in Industrializing Cincinnati, 1788-1890 (1985), Working-Class Hollywood: Silent Film and the Shaping of Class in America (1998), and Hollywood Left and Right: How Movie Stars Shaped American Politics (2011). Ross is the recipient of the Theater Library Association Book Award and a Film Scholars Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.


Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

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2nd Revised Edition

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Steven J. Ross

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Steven J. Ross

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