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Camera Politica Michael Ryan

Camera Politica By Michael Ryan

Camera Politica by Michael Ryan


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Camera Politica: The Politics and Ideology of Contemporary Hollywood Film by Michael Ryan

a modern mythography, a study of contemporary Hollywood films based on the tools offered by feminism, psychoanalysis, Marxist cultural theory, and deconstruction. -Village Voice

Solidly thought-out observation of the films of the 70's and 80's that comment on the system. -Audience

. . . intelligent, open advocacy. Its responsible arrangement of carefully described cultural materials will challenge students and instructors alike. -Teaching Philosophy

Camera Politica is a comprehensive study of Hollywood film during a period of tremendous change in American history, a period that witnessed the end of the American empire, crises in the economy, a failure of political leadership, loss at war, and the rise of the Right.

Table of Contents

Preface

Introduction

1 From Counterculture to Counterrevolution, 1967-1971

1. Alienation and Rebellion
2. Feminism, Black Radicalism, Student Rebellion
3. The Hollywood Counterrevolution

2 Crisis Films

1. Diaster Films
2. Metaphors of Fear
3. Francis Coppola and the Crisis of Patriarchy

3 Genre Transformations and the Failure of Liberalism

1. Western, Detective, Musical
2. Social Problem Films
3. Conspiracy Films

4 Class, Race, and the New South

1. The Hollywood Working Class
2. Representations of Blacks
3. The New South

5 The Politics of Sexuality

1. The Poisiton of Women
2. From a Male Point of View: Men's Movies and the Return of Romance
3. The Family and the New Sexuality

6 Horror Films

1. The Occult
2. Monsters
3. Brian De Palma and the Slash and Gash Cycles

7 Vietnam and the New Militarism

1. Debating Vietman
2. The Military Rehabilited
3. The New Militarism

8 Return of the Hero: Entrepreneur, Patriarch, Warrior

1. The Triumph of Individualism-From Man to Superman
2. George Lucas's Strategic Defense Initiatives
3. The Leadership Principle-From Movie Brats to Movie Moguls

9 Fantasy Films

1. Technophobia
2. Dystopias
3. At Home with Steven Spielberg

10 The Politics of Representation

1. On the Left Edge of Hollywood
2. Within the Hollywood Codes: Political Films
3. Beyond Hollywood: The Independent Sector

Conclusion: Film and Politics

Postface
Appendix
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index

Additional information

GOR001917207
9780253206046
0253206049
Camera Politica: The Politics and Ideology of Contemporary Hollywood Film by Michael Ryan
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Indiana University Press
19880622
352
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