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23
Jun/11

Movie-Made America: A Cultural History of American Movies

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Hailed as the definitive work upon its original publication in 1975 and now extensively revised and updated by the author, this vastly absorbing and richly illustrated book examines film as an art form, technological innovation, big business, and shaper of American values. 80 black-and-white photos.

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27
Apr/11

Modernist America: Art, Music, Movies, and the Globalization of American Culture Reviews

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America’s global cultural impact is largely seen as one-sided, with critics claiming that it has undermined other countries’ languages and traditions. But contrary to popular belief, the cultural relationship between the United States and the world has been reciprocal, says Richard Pells. The United States not only plays a large role in shaping international entertainment and tastes, it is also a consumer of foreign intellectual and artistic influences.

Pells reveals how the American artists, novelists, composers, jazz musicians, and filmmakers who were part of the Modernist movement were greatly influenced by outside ideas and techniques. People across the globe found familiarities in American entertainment, resulting in a universal culture that has dominated the twentieth and twenty-first centuries and fulfilled the aim of the Modernist movement鈥攖o make the modern world seem more intelligible.

Modernist America brilliantly explains why George Gershwin’s music, Cole Porter’s lyrics, Jackson Pollock’s paintings, Bob Fosse’s choreography, Marlon Brando’s acting, and Orson Welles’s storytelling were so influential, and why these and other artists and entertainers simultaneously represent both an American and a modern global culture.

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17
Apr/11

America on Film: Representing Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality at the Movies, Second Edition Reviews

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America on Film: Representing Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality in the Movies, 2nd Edition聽is a lively introduction to issues of diversity as represented within the American cinema.

  • Provides a comprehensive overview of the industrial, socio-cultural, and aesthetic factors that contribute to cinematic representations of race, class, gender, and sexuality
  • Includes over 100 illustrations, glossary of key terms, questions for discussion, and lists for further reading/viewing
  • Includes new case studies of a number of films, including Crash, Brokeback Mountain, and Quincea帽era

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