{"product_id":"american-film-history-9781118475126","title":"American Film History","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the American underground film to the blockbuster superhero, this authoritative collection of introductory and specialized readings explores the core issues and developments in American cinematic history during the second half of the twentieth-century through the present day.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eConsiders essential subjects that have shaped the American film industryfrom the impact of television and CGI to the rise of independent and underground film; from the impact of the civil rights, feminist and LGBT movements to that of 9\/11.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures a student-friendly structure dividing coverage into the periods 1960-1975, 1976-1990, and 1991 to the present day, each of which opens with an historical overview\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBrings together a rich and varied selection of contributions by established film scholars, combining broad historical, social, and political contexts with detailed analysis of individual films, including \u003ci\u003eMidnight Cowboy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNashville, Cat Ballou\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eChicago\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVolume II: 1960 to the Present\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I 1960–1975\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Setting the Stage: American Film History, 1960–1975 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Adults Only: Low-Budget Exploitation 23\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEric Schaefer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNote 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Black Representation in Independent Cinema: From Civil Rights to Black Power 37\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlex Lykidis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 52\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Cinema Direct and Indirect: American Documentary, 1960–1975 56\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCharles Warren\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 70\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 70\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Comedy and the Dismantling of the Hollywood Western 72\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTeresa Podlesney\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNote 86\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 86\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The New Hollywood 87\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDerek Nystrom\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 103\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 103\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 “One Big Lousy X”: The Cinema of Urban Crisis 105\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eArt Simon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Nashville: Putting on the Show: Or, Paradoxes of the “Instant” and the “Moment” 120\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThomas Elsaesser\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Cinema and the Age of Television, 1946–1975 134\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichele Hilmes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 146\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 146\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II 1976–1990\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Setting the Stage: American Film History, 1976–1990 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Seismic Shifts in the American Film Industry 175\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThomas Schatz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 188\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 188\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Independent Film: 1980s to the Present 190\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGeoff King\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 204\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Reclaiming the Black Family: Charles Burnett, Julie Dash, and the “L.A. Rebellion” 205\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJanet K. Cutler\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 218\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 221\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Feminism, Cinema, and Film Criticism 223\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLucy Fischer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 238\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 American Avant-Garde Cinema from 1970 to the Present 241\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScott MacDonald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNote 258\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 258\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 A Reintroduction to the American Horror Film 259\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAdam Lowenstein\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNote 274\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 274\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Back to the Future: Hollywood and Reagan’s America 275\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSusan Jeffords\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 285\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 “Stayin’ Alive”: The Post-Studio Hollywood Musical 286\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKaren Backstein\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 301\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 302\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III 1991 to the Present\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Setting the Stage: American Film History, 1991 to the Present 307\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 329\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 329\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 The Queer 1990s: The Challenge and Failure of Radical Change 330\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael Bronski\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 344\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 346\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 24\/7: Cable Television, Hollywood, and the Narrative Feature Film 347\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBarbara Klinger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 360\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 360\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Plasmatics and Prisons: The Morph and the Spectacular Emergence of CGI 362\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKristen Whissel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 375\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Mainstream Documentary since 1999 376\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePatricia Aufderheide\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 391\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Truthiness Is Stranger than Fictition: The “New Biopic” 393\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael Sicinski\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 407\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 “Asia” as Global Hollywood Commodity 408\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKenneth Chan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 421\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 422\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 The Blockbuster Superhero 423\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBart Beaty\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 437\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 437\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Limited Engagement: The Iraq War on Film 438\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSusan L. Carruthers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 453\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 453\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 The Biggest Independent Pictures Ever Made: Industrial Reflexivity Today 454\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJ. D. Connor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 468\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 469\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 Writing American Film History 471\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert Sklar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 481\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 483\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49528830427479,"sku":"9781118475126","price":39.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781118475126.jpg?v=1731873188","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/american-film-history-9781118475126","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}