{"product_id":"films-of-the-eighties-book-william-j-palmer-9780809320295","title":"The Films of the Eighties","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this remarkable sequel to his \u003ci\u003eFilms of the Seventies: A Social History,\u003c\/i\u003e William J. Palmer examines more than three hundred films as texts that represent, revise, parody, comment upon, and generate discussion about major events, issues, and social trends of the eighties.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePalmer defines the dialectic between film art and social history, taking as his theoretical model the \"holograph of history\" that originated from the New Historicist theories of Hayden White and Dominick LaCapra. Combining the interests and methodologies of social history and film criticism, Palmer contends that film is a socially conscious interpreter and commentator upon the issues of contemporary social history. In the eighties, such issues included the war in Vietnam, the preservation of the American farm, terrorism, nuclear holocaust, changes in Soviet-American relations, neoconservative feminism, and yuppies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAmong the films Palmer examines are \u003ci\u003ePlatoon, The Killing Fields, The River, Out of Africa, Little Drummer Girl, Kiss of the Spiderwoman, Silkwood, The Day After, Red Dawn, Moscow on the Hudson, Troop Beverly Hills,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFatal Attraction.\u003c\/i\u003e Utilizing the principles of New Historicism, Palmer demonstrates that film can analyze and critique history as well as present it.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49549921943825,"sku":"GOR002937866","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50475128783121,"sku":"CIN0809320290VG","price":7.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0809320290.jpg?v=1750785609","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/films-of-the-eighties-book-william-j-palmer-9780809320295","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}