Movies and American Society
Movies are more than just an evening's entertainment. As historical documents, they reflect how Americans see and think about their world. Movies and American Society is a comprehensive collection of thirteen essays and supporting primary documents that explore how films have changed--and been changed by--American society from 1905 to the present.Each chapter contains an introduction by the editor, an essay that explores how movies made during a specific period dealt with problems of the time, discussion questions, primary documents, and suggestions for further reading and film screenings. The second edition includes a new chapter on American…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-470-67364-5
- EAN: 9780470673645
- Produktnummer: 15222086
- Verlag: John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
- Seitenangabe: 416 S.
- Masse: H22.8 cm x B15.5 cm x D1.9 cm 532 g
- Auflage: 2nd Edition
- Gewicht: 532
- Sonstiges: Professional & Vocational
Über den Autor
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.
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