The Reel Civil War by Bruce Chadwick

The Reel Civil War by Bruce Chadwick

During the late nineteenth century, magazines, newspapers, novelists, and even historians presented a revised version of the Civil War that, intending to reconcile the former foes, downplayed the issues of slavery and racial injustice, and often promoted and reinforced the worst racial stereotypes. The Reel Civil War tells the history of how these misrepresentations of history made their way into movies.

More than 800 films have been made about the Civil War. Citing such classics as Birth of a Nation and Gone With the Wind as well as many other films, Bruce Chadwick shows how most of them have, until recently, projected an image of gallant soldiers, beautiful belles, sprawling plantations, and docile or dangerous slaves. He demonstrates how the movies aided and abetted racism and an inaccurate view of American history, providing a revealing and important account of the power of cinema to shape our understanding of historical truth.

Bruce Chadwick, Ph.D., lectures on history and film at Rutgers University in New Jersey. He also teaches writing at New Jersey City University. Previously, he had a long career in journalism, writing on arts and entertainment, a column on trends in American culture-including literature, film, dance, theatre and opera-and features and many columns on sports. Eventually he became an editor at the New York Daily News. He lives in New Jersey with his wife.

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ISBN 13	9780375708329
ISBN 10	0375708324
Title	The Reel Civil War
Author	Bruce Chadwick
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2002-12-03
Number of pages	384
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