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Politics go to the movies : international relations and politics in genre films and television
- Title
- Politics go to the movies : international relations and politics in genre films and television / Joel R. Campbell.
- Author
- Campbell, Joel R.
- Publication
- Lanham : Lexington Books, [2022]
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Details
- Description
- vi, 400 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- "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"--
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 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.
- Call Number
- MFL 22-1131
- ISBN
- 9781793635167
- 1793635161
- LCCN
- 2022000110
- OCLC
- 1291368025
- Author
- Campbell, Joel R., author.
- Title
- Politics go to the movies : international relations and politics in genre films and television / Joel R. Campbell.
- Publisher
- Lanham : Lexington Books, [2022]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Campbell, Joel R., 1955- Politics go to the movies Lanham : Lexington Books, [2022] 9781793635174 (DLC) 2022000111
- Research Call Number
- MFL 22-1131