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Hollywood Knights
Susan Aronstein
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Description for Hollywood Knights
Hardback. Series: Arthurian and Courtly Cultures. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
Hollywood Knights examines Hollywood Arthuriana as political nostalgia offered to American viewers during times of cultural crisis: the red scare of the 1950s, the breakdown of traditional authority in the 1960s and 1970s, the turn to the right in the 1980s and the redemption of masculine and national authority in the 1990s. Its analysis of these films explores their proposal of an ideal past - an Americanized Camelot and a democratized chivalry - as the solution to the problems of a troubled present, a solution that will ensure prosperity in the homeland and a globally beneficial American authority abroad.
Hollywood Knights examines Hollywood Arthuriana as political nostalgia offered to American viewers during times of cultural crisis: the red scare of the 1950s, the breakdown of traditional authority in the 1960s and 1970s, the turn to the right in the 1980s and the redemption of masculine and national authority in the 1990s. Its analysis of these films explores their proposal of an ideal past - an Americanized Camelot and a democratized chivalry - as the solution to the problems of a troubled present, a solution that will ensure prosperity in the homeland and a globally beneficial American authority abroad.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Series
Arthurian and Courtly Cultures
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9781403966490
SKU
V9781403966490
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About Susan Aronstein
Susan Aronstein is Professor of English at the University of Wyoming, USA.
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