Daniel P. Franklin

Politics and Film

The Political Culture of Film in the United States

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Politics and Film explores the meaning of film within a societal context. In examining the political role of films we become real time cultural anthropologists, sifting through the artifacts of modern society to determine what our culture really is all about. Common sense tells us that if filmmakers want to make a profit, they have to be responsive to the market. This doesn't mean that they have to produce a product that simply delights the eyes. Films must also please the mind, and not just in terms of satisfying our desire to be entertained (although that alone is sometimes enough) but also deepen our understanding of people, ideas, and pro… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-7425-3808-5
EAN: 9780742538085
Produktnummer: 2128107
Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
Seitenangabe: 232 S.
Masse: H23.6 cm x B18.3 cm x D1.6 cm 426 g
Abbildungen: Illustrations
Gewicht: 426
Sonstiges: Undergraduate

Über den Autor

Daniel P. Franklin is associate professor of political science at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia. He is the author of Making Ends Meet: Congressional Budgeting in the Age of Deficits and Extraordinary Measures: The Exercise of Prerogative Powers in the United States and is coeditor of Political Culture and Constitutionalism: A Comparative Approach. He teaches courses on American government, politics of the presidency, and politics and film.