Hollywood Enlists! - Propaganda Films of World War II

This book explores how the Hollywood studios used sophisticated strategies of propaganda to ideologically unite the country during WWII. Through such films as Casablanca, They Were Expendable, and others, the studios appealed to the public’s sense of nationalism, demonized the enemy, and stressed that wartime sacrifices would result in triumph.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Ralph Donald is professor emeritus of mass communications at Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, where he taught broadcasting, journalism, and film for 40 years. With his wife, Karen MacDonald, he is the coauthor of Reel Men at War: Masculinity and the American War Film (Scarecrow Press, 2011) and Women in War Films: From Helpless Heroine to G.I. Jane (Rowman & Littlefield, 2014).

Zusammenfassung

This book explores how the Hollywood studios used sophisticated strategies of propaganda to ideologically unite the country during WWII. Through such films as Casablanca, They Were Expendable, and others, the studios appealed to the public's sense of nationalism, demonized the enemy, and stressed that wartime sacrifices would result in triumph.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Donald, Ralph Donald, Donald Ralph
• Verlag: Rowman and Littlefield
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 08.03.2017
• EAN: 9781442277267
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-7726-7
• Seiten: 274
• Serien: Film and History; Film and History
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Kunst > Fotografie, Film, Video, TV; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; USA, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Military / United States, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Genres / General, Second World War, United States of America, USA, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Modern warfare, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), Film: styles & genres, Film: styles and genres, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General