The Films of the Nineties - The Decade of Spin

By breaking down classic films from the nineteen-nineties such as Forest Gump and Titanic, this book offers a reel-to-reel cultural analysis, chronicling the concept of 'spin' as a major sociopolitical persuasion strategy.

List of contents

Hollywood and History The New Historicist Films The Decade of Spin The Politics of Spin The American President Spin Out: The Gay Nineties Sex and the Nineties Neo-Spin Spinning into the Millenium

About the author

WILLIAM J. PALMER is Professor of Literature and Film in the English Department at Perdue University, USA.

Summary

By breaking down classic films from the nineteen-nineties such as Forest Gump and Titanic, this book offers a reel-to-reel cultural analysis, chronicling the concept of 'spin' as a major sociopolitical persuasion strategy.

Additional text

"This book contains terrific lists of films collected under key thematic headings - history films, films about politics, about sex, about spin. As a dazzling representation of spin, Wag the Dog (1997), according to Palmer, "may be the decade-defining film of the nineties." Bolstered by postmodern theory, the "spin" thesis is interesting, and descriptions of individual films are illuminating." - Choice

Report

"This book contains terrific lists of films collected under key thematic headings - history films, films about politics, about sex, about spin. As a dazzling representation of spin, Wag the Dog (1997), according to Palmer, "may be the decade-defining film of the nineties." Bolstered by postmodern theory, the "spin" thesis is interesting, and descriptions of individual films are illuminating." - Choice

Product details

• Authors: W Palmer, W. Palmer
• Publisher: Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2016
• EAN: 9781349378005
• ISBN: 978-1-349-37800-5
• No. of pages: 254
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 341 g
• Illustrations: XII, 254 p.
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Non-fiction book > Music, film, theatre; B, Performing Arts, Film History, Film and Television Studies, Film and TV History, Screen Studies, Motion pictures—History, Motion pictures and television, Palgrave Literature & Performing Arts Collection