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The Cultural Politics of Contemporary Hollywood Film: Power, Culture, and Society

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The Cultural Politics of Contemporary Hollywood Film: Power, Culture, and Society - Beasley, Chris, and Brook, Heather
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Adopting and developing a 'cultural politics' approach, this comprehensive study explores how Hollywood movies generate and reflect political myths about social and personal life that profoundly influence how we understand power relations. Instead of looking at genre, it employs three broad categories of film. 'Security' films present ideas concerning public order and disorder, citizen-state relations and the politics of fear. 'Relationalities' films highlight personal and intimate politics, bringing norms about identities, ...

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The Cultural Politics of Contemporary Hollywood Film: Power, Culture, and Society 2019, Manchester University Press, Manchester

ISBN-13: 9780719082986

Hardcover