Film and Colonialism in the Sixties - The Anti-Colonialist Turn in the Us, Britain, and France

Relations between Western nations and their colonial subjects changed dramatically in the second half of the twentieth century. As nearly all of the West's colonies gained their independence by 1975, attitudes toward colonialism in the West also changed, and terms such as empire and colonialism, once used with pride, became strongly negative. While colonialism has become discredited, precisely when or how that happened remains unclear. This book explores changing Western attitudes toward colonialism and decolonization by analyzing American, British, and French popular cinema and its reception from 1960 to 1973.

List of contents

Introduction

Part One Introduction

Chapter One: Colonial Adventure Films of the Early 1960s

Chapter Two: Westerns of the Early 1960s

Chapter Three: Spotlighting Decolonization: The United States and Britain

Chapter Four: Spotlighting Decolonization: France

Part Two Introduction

Chapter Five: The Anti-Colonialist Turn in Europe

Chapter Six: The Anti-Colonialist Turn in Hollywood

Chapter Seven: Revisionist Westerns, 1967-1973

Chapter Eight: France and the Second Algeria Cycle, 1970-1973

Conclusion

Works Cited

Index

About the author

Jon Cowans is Associate Professor of History at Rutgers University of New Jersey, Newark, USA.

Summary

This book explores changing Western attitudes toward colonialism and decolonization by analyzing American, British, and French popular cinema and its reception from 1960 to 1973.

Product details

• Authors: Jon Cowans, Cowans Jon
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9780367582357
• ISBN: 978-0-367-58235-7
• No. of pages: 292
• Series: The Routledge Global 1960s and 1970s Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, France, European History, HISTORY / General, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), HISTORY / United States / 19th Century, PERFORMING ARTS / Reference, HISTORY / Africa / South / General, Films, cinema, Colonialism & imperialism, United Kingdom, Great Britain, c 1960 to c 1970, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / General, United States of America, USA, Colonialism and imperialism, History of the Americas, c 1960 to c 1969