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

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.

Sommario

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

Info autore

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

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Jon Cowans, Cowans Jon
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 03.12.2018
• EAN: 9780367074913
• ISBN: 978-0-367-07491-3
• Pagine: 292
• Serie: The Routledge Global 1960s and 1970s Series
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze sociali, tematiche generali; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Arte > Fotografia, cinematografia, video, TV; 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