Hollywood genres and postwar America : masculinity, family and nation in popular movies and film noir / Mike Chopra-Gant.
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TextSeries: Cinema and society seriesPublication details: London : I. B. Tauris, 2006Description: x, 219 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cmISBN: 1850438382; 1850438153 (hbk.) :Subject(s): Motion pictures -- United States -- History | Family in motion pictures | Masculinity in motion pictures | United States -- In motion picturesDDC classification: 791.4'3'0973 Summary: Demonstrating how popular films in America reflected the national post-war mood, this text explores the extent to which movies such as 'The Best Years of Our Lives' and 'The Jolson Story' emphasise rather than undermine the traditional American values ofdemocracy, classlessness and individualism.
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Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 194-214.
Demonstrating how popular films in America reflected the national post-war mood, this text explores the extent to which movies such as 'The Best Years of Our Lives' and 'The Jolson Story' emphasise rather than undermine the traditional American values ofdemocracy, classlessness and individualism.
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