Politics go to the movies international relations and politics in genre films and television
Introduction: Magic in the dark--and making the most of a dark time -- Politics goes to Hollywood: making sense of genre movies and politics -- Gangsters give films and TV an offer they can't refuse -- Politics of paranoia and anger: thriller and action movies -- Superheroes save our politics a...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Lanham, Boulder, New York, London
Lexington Books
2022
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | Introduction: Magic in the dark--and making the most of a dark time -- Politics goes to Hollywood: making sense of genre movies and politics -- Gangsters give films and TV an offer they can't refuse -- Politics of paranoia and anger: thriller and action movies -- Superheroes save our politics and international relations -- Movies go to war: shifting images of humans' most searing experience -- Let's play cowboys and politicos: the imagined West, society and politics -- Other genres, other politics: from love stories to religious movies. "This examination of film genres discusses how various films in five genres reflect or comment on political themes and ideas. The author uses constructivist and feminist political theory to examine the development of the political discourse in these films, and considers new ways to conceptualize the relationship between film or television and politics"-- |
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| Beschreibung: | Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke |
| Beschreibung: | vi, 400 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 9781793635167 978-1-7936-3516-7 9781793635181 978-1-7936-3518-1 |