American History/American Film Interpreting the Hollywood Image

by O'Connor, John E.; Jackson, Martin A.

• ISBN13: 9781474281898
• ISBN10: 1474281893
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2016-10-06
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic

Author Biography

John E. O'Connor is former Professor of History at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA.
Martin A. Jackson is co-founder of the Historians Film Committee and taught history and film studies at the State University of New York and the New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr
Introduction
1. The New Woman and Twenties America: Way down East (1920) June Sochen
2. The Great War Viewed From the Twenties: The Big Parade (1925) Michael T. Isenberg
3. 'Race Movies' as Voices of the Black Bourgeoisie: The Scar of Shame (1927) Thomas Cripps
4. Bullets, Beer and the Hays Office: Public Enemy (1931) Garth Jowett
5. Will Rogers and the Relevance of Nostalgia: Steamboat 'Round the Bend (1935) Peter C. Rollins
6. A Reaffirmation of the American Ideals: Drums Along the Mohawk (1939) John E. O'Connor
7. Our Awkward Ally: Mission to Moscow (1943) David Culbert
8. The Uncertain Peace: The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) Martin A. Jackson
9. Empire to the West: Red River (1948) Robert Sklar
10. An American Cold Warrior: Viva Zapata! (1952) Paul J. Vanderwood
11. The Age of Conspiracy and Conformity: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) Stuart Samuels
12. The Pentagon and Hollywood: Dr Strangelove or: How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) Lawrence Suid
13. Hollywood, Nihilism and the Youth Culture of the Sixties: Bonnie and Clyde (1967) Lawrence L. Murray
14. The Blue Collar Ethnic in Bicentennial America: Rocky (1976) Daniel J. Leab
15. Fragments of War: Platoon (1986) Lawrence W. Lichty and Raymond L. Carroll
Notes on Contributors
Films
Further Reading
Index