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Argues that the Dirty Harry series sheds critical light on the culture and politics of the post-1960s era and locates San Francisco as the symbolic cultural battleground of the time. Joe Street maintains that the films themselves became active participants in the culture wars, paying particular attention to the films’ representation of crime, family and community, sexuality, and race.

Dirty Harrys America Clint Eastwood Harry

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      Publisher MP-FLO Uni Press of Florida
      Published 2/28/2016 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9780813061672
      978-0813061672
      ISBN-10 0813061679
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      Book Synopsis
      Argues that the Dirty Harry series sheds critical light on the culture and politics of the post-1960s era and locates San Francisco as the symbolic cultural battleground of the time. Joe Street maintains that the films themselves became active participants in the culture wars, paying particular attention to the films’ representation of crime, family and community, sexuality, and race.

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