'un-American' Hollywood Politics and Film in the Blacklist Era |
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| Editor:
| Krutnik, Frank
Neale, Steve
Neve, Brian
Stanfield, Peter |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8135-4198-3 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2007 |
| Publisher: | Rutgers University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $50.00 |
Book Description:
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"Un-American" Hollywood reopens the intense critical debate on the blacklist era and on the aesthetic and political work of the Hollywood Left. In a series of fresh case studies focusing on contexts of production and reception, the contributors offer exciting and original perspectives on the role of progressive politics within a capitalist media industry.
Original essays scrutinize the work of...
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"Un-American" Hollywood reopens the intense critical debate on the blacklist era and on the aesthetic and political work of the Hollywood Left. In a series of fresh case studies focusing on contexts of production and reception, the contributors offer exciting and original perspectives on the role of progressive politics within a capitalist media industry.
Original essays scrutinize the work of individual practitioners, such as Robert Rossen, Joseph Losey, Jules Dassin, and Edward Dmytryk, and examine key films, including The Robe, Christ in Concrete, The House I Live In, The Lawless, The Naked City, The Prowler, Body and Soul, and FTA.