Hollywood and Politics - A Sourcebook

Zusatztext "Well-chosen primary sources abound in Hollywood and Politics:A Sourcebook! and I eagerly read document after document. Critchlow and Raymond provide valuable introductions! putting each one into context! then wisely step back and let the original material speak for itself."-Valerie Yaros! Screen Actors Guild Historian"A much needed volume of primary source readings on the politics of Hollywood and American filmmaking. Ranging from the Depression of the 1930s through the culture wars of the recent past! the book offers a balanced! wide-ranging array of materials that speak to how the movies-and the people that made them-have confronted and interpreted a variety of political issues. Thought provoking and engaging."-Steven Watts! author of The Magic Kingdom: Walt Disney and the American Way of Life and Mr. Playboy: Hugh Hefner and the American Dream Informationen zum Autor Donald T. Critchlow is Professor of History at Saint Louis University in St. Louis! Missouri. He is the editor of the Journal of Policy History! and author of The Conservative Ascendancy: How the GOP Right Made Political History.Emilie Raymond is Assistant Professor of History at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond! Virginia. She is the author of From My Cold! Dead Hands: Charlton Heston and American Politics. Zusammenfassung Documents the entertainment industry's participation in American politics on both the Left and the Right. Spanning from the 1920s through today, this book provides the student of history, politics, or film and media studies a history of Hollywood's relationship to politics, celebrity and mass democracy, and money and politics. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. Origins (late 1920s–Early 1930s) 2. Family Values in the Great Depression 3. The Dies Committee Hunts for Reds (1940) 4. HUAC Finds Reds (1947) 5. Hollywood Divides over Eisenhower (1952) 6. Kennedy and the Stars (1960) 7. The Hollywood Left and the Hollywood Right (1964) 8. Civil Rights and Women’s Rights (1960s–70s) 9. Hollywood Sends an Actor to Sacramento: Reagan as Governor (1966) 10. Hollywood and Vietnam (1960s and 1970s) 11. Gun Control 12. Hollywood and Family Values 13. Hollywood and War 14. Hollywood in Our Times ...

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• Authors: Donald T. Critchlow, Donald T. (St. Louis University Critchlow, Donald T. Raymond Critchlow, CRITCHLOW DONALD T RAYMOND EMIL, Critchlo Donald, Donald T. Critchlow
• Assisted by: Donald T. Critchlow (Editor), Donald T. (St. Louis University Critchlow (Editor), Emilie Raymond (Editor), Emilie (Virginia Commonwealth University Raymond (Editor), Raymond Emilie (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.05.2009
• EAN: 9780415965354
• ISBN: 978-0-415-96535-4
• No. of pages: 350
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Media science; USA, Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, HISTORY / United States / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Entertainment, Politics & government, United States of America, USA, Politics and government, History of the Americas, Film, TV and Radio industries, Cinema Industry