Jfk Image - Profiles in Docudrama

This volume examines various representation of John F. Kennedy on film, from fictionalized accounts of his wartime exploits-PT-109 (1963)-to his presidency, his assassination, and his legacy. With a focus on docudramas, the book looks at how such films keep the myth of Kennedy and Camelot alive.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Foreword
Introduction
PART ONE: Docudrama - History Enacted
PART TWO: The JFK Image - Cultural Schemata
Chapter One: Kennedy's Mythic Terrain - The New Frontier
Chapter Two: Kennedy Hagiography - Camelot on Film
Chapter Three: Kennedy Iconoclasm - Camelot-Inside-Out
PART THREE: JFK Docuramas - John F. Kennedy's Posthumous Cinematic Career
Chapter Four: The Kennedy Leadership
Chapter Five: The Kennedy Assassination
Chapter Six: Kennedy Nostalgia
Conclusion
Bibliography
About the Author

About the author

By Raluca Lucia Cimpean

Summary

This volume examines various representation of John F. Kennedy on film, from fictionalized accounts of his wartime exploits-PT-109 (1963)-to his presidency, his assassination, and his legacy. With a focus on docudramas, the book looks at how such films keep the myth of Kennedy and Camelot alive.

Product details

• Authors: Raluca Lucia Cimpean, Cimpean Raluca Lucia
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.10.2014
• EAN: 9781442243088
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-4308-8
• No. of pages: 206
• Series: Film and History; Film and History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Kennedy, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Genres / Documentary, Documentary films, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism, Film Theory & Criticism, Film history, theory or criticism