Hollywood's America

Social And Political Themes In Motion Pictures
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-0-367-31983-0
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 320 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 616 g

American motion pictures still dominate the world market with an impact that is difficult to measure. Their role in American culture has been a powerful one since the 1930s and is a hallmark of our culture today. Though much has been written about the film industry, there has been very little systematic attention paid to the ideology of its creativ

Autoren/Hrsg.

Powers, Stephen P

Rothman, David J

Rothman, Stanley

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface -- Studying Hollywood -- Hollywood's History and the Politics of Motion Pictures -- The New Hollywood Elite: A Profile -- Hollywood Views the Military -- Crime, Violence, and the Police -- Religious Decline? -- Hollywood's Class Act -- The Politics of Gender -- A New Deal for Minorities? -- Box Office Hits: 1990—1994 -- Hollywood and the Moviemakers -- The Poverty of Film Theory -- The Interview Sample -- The Movie Sample and Content Analysis

Über Autor(innen)

Stephen P Powers, Stanley Rothman