Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Women on the edge Women on the edge Sharon Lin Tay "Women on the Edge re-envisions women's cinema as contemporary political practices by exploring the works of twelve filmmakers. Moving on from the 1970s feminist adage that the personal is political,… OL15500963W
Screen enemies of the American way Screen enemies of the American way Fraser A. Sherman "American films, like America itself, have long been fascinated by the threat of outsiders posing as citizens to destroy the American way of life. This book tracks real-world fears appearing in the m… OL16149012W
The documentary The documentary Belinda Smaill "An exploration of the role of emotion and affect in contemporary documentary film, arguing that analysis of the sociality of the emotions is integral to advancing our understanding of the formulatio… OL16979609W
Cinematic terror Cinematic terror Tony Shaw "The first history of cinema's treatment of terrorism from the birth of film to today"-- OL20001580W
Dirty Harry's America Dirty Harry's America Joe Street Street argues that depictions of tough-on-crime character Harry Callahan, in multiple ways and over the course of five films, embodied the growing disagreements with twentieth-century postwar liberal… OL20020001W
The ambivalent legacy of Elia Kazan The ambivalent legacy of Elia Kazan Ron Briley xxxiv, 241 pages ; 24 cm OL20048462W
Hollywood and Politics Hollywood and Politics Donald Critchlo This volume of primary documents seeks to engage readers interested in the multiple meanings of Hollywood and politics by using a topical approach : election politics, public policy, war and patriot… OL9354066W