The Politics of Hollywood Cinema

The Politics of Hollywood Cinema
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 244
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ISBN-10 : 9781137316165
ISBN-13 : 1137316160
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Book Synopsis The Politics of Hollywood Cinema by : R. Rushton

Download or read book The Politics of Hollywood Cinema written by R. Rushton and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-12 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Politics of Hollywood Cinema radically transforms our understanding of cinema's potential to be politically engaging and challenging. Examining several films from Hollywood's classical era, including Marked Woman, Mr Smith Goes to Washington, Born Yesterday, On the Waterfront and It Should Happen to You, alongside contemporary theories of democracy advanced by Ernesto Laclau, Chantal Mouffe, Claude Lefort, Étienne Balibar and Jacques Rancière, Richard Rushton argues that popular films can offer complex subtle, relevant and controversial approaches to democracy and politics.


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