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Film Nation: Hollywood Looks at U.S. History, Revised Edition
Robert Burgoyne
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Description for Film Nation: Hollywood Looks at U.S. History, Revised Edition
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
Events of the past decade have dramatically rewritten the American national narrative, bringing to light an alternate history of nation, marked since the country’s origins by competing geopolitical interests, by mobility and migration, and by contending ethnic and racial groups. In this revised and expanded edition of Film Nation, Robert Burgoyne analyzes films that give shape to the counternarrative that has emerged since 9/11—one that challenges the traditional myths of the American nation-state. The films examined here, Burgoyne argues, reveal the hidden underlayers of nation, from the first interaction between Europeans and Native Americans (The New World), to the clash of ... Read more
Events of the past decade have dramatically rewritten the American national narrative, bringing to light an alternate history of nation, marked since the country’s origins by competing geopolitical interests, by mobility and migration, and by contending ethnic and racial groups. In this revised and expanded edition of Film Nation, Robert Burgoyne analyzes films that give shape to the counternarrative that has emerged since 9/11—one that challenges the traditional myths of the American nation-state. The films examined here, Burgoyne argues, reveal the hidden underlayers of nation, from the first interaction between Europeans and Native Americans (The New World), to the clash of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816642922
SKU
V9780816642922
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Reviews for Film Nation: Hollywood Looks at U.S. History, Revised Edition
"Film Nation is distinguished by Robert Burgoyne’s critical acuity, his on-the-money remarks about the subjects he interrogates, as well as the singularity of his focus on American Cinema and the ways by which film suggests much about American national identity." —Cineaste "In Film Nation Robert Burgoyne argues that popular film plays a crucial role in formulating the imagined community ... Read more