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Book SynopsisClint Eastwood's Dirty Harry became the prototype for a new kind of movie cop - an antihero in pursuit of his own vision of justice. In
Dirty Harry's America, Joe Street argues that the movies shed critical light on the culture and politics of the post-1960s era and locates San Francisco as the symbolic cultural battleground of the time.
Trade ReviewStreet provides a crucial critical and cultural service by not only studying Eastwood's individual films in sharp detail but also by providing a close and serious analysis of the cultural and historic times of the films."" - Sam B. Girgus, author of
Clint Eastwood's America""By far the most comprehensive, sustained, and detailed discussion of the Dirty Harry phenomenon. A thorough and engaging account of how a fictitious renegade cop became an enduring icon of the angry conservative backlash that sought to halt 1960s liberalism in its tracks."" - Nick Heffernan, author of
Culture, Environment and Ecopolitics
