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The American Civil War on Film and TV

eBook - Blue and Gray in Black and White and Color
LEXINGTON BOOKS
ISBN/EAN: 9781498566896
Umbreit-Nr.: 863257

Sprache: Englisch
Umfang: 294 S.
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Einband: Keine Angabe

Erschienen am 05.10.2017
Auflage: 1/2017


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  • Zusatztext
    • <span><span>Whether on the big screen or small, films featuring the American Civil War are among the most classic and controversial in motion picture history. From D. W. Griffiths</span><span>Birth of a Nation</span><span> (1915) to</span><span>Free State of Jones</span><span> (2016), the war has provided the setting, ideologies, and character archetypes for cinematic narratives of morality, race, gender, and nation, as well as serving as historical education for a century of Americans.</span></span><br><br><span><span>In</span><span>The American Civil War on Film and TV: Blue and Gray in Black and White and Color</span><span>, Douglas Brode, Shea T. Brode, and Cynthia J. Miller bring together nineteen essays by a diverse array of scholars across the disciplines to explore these issues. The essays included here span a wide range of films, from the silent era to the present day, including Buster Keatons</span><span>The General</span><span> (1926),</span><span>Red Badge of Courage</span><span> (1951),</span><span>Glory</span><span> (1989),</span><span>Gettysburg</span><span> (1993), and</span><span>Cold Mountain</span><span> (2003), as well as television mini-series</span><span>The Blue and The Gray</span><span> (1982) and John Jakes acclaimed</span><span>North and South</span><span> trilogy (1985-86).</span></span><br><br><span><span>As an accessible volume to dedicated to a critical conversation about the Civil War on film,</span><span>The American Civil War on Film and TV</span><span>will appeal to not only to scholars of film, military history, American history, and cultural history, but to fans of war films and period films, as well.</span></span>
  • Kurztext
    • <span><span>In </span><span>The American Civil War on Film and TV: Blue and Gray in Black and White and Color</span><span>, Douglas Brode, Shea T. Brode, and Cynthia J. Miller bring together nineteen essays by a diverse array of scholars to explore issues of morality, race, gender, nation, and history in films and television shows featuring the American Civil War.</span></span>
  • Autorenportrait
    • <span><span>Douglas Brode developed and taught courses for several decades at Syracuse University's Newhouse School of Public Communications until his recent retirement.</span></span><br><br><span><span>Shea T. Brode is an independent scholar who has collaborated with his father as editor on several previous collections.</span></span><br><br><span><span>Cynthia J. Miller is senior faculty at Emerson College's Institute for the Liberal Arts and Interdisciplinary Studies.</span></span>