{"product_id":"invented-lives-imagined-communities-9781438460796","title":"Invented Lives Imagined Communities","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow Hollywood biopics both showcase and modify various notions of what it means to be an American.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBiopics-films that chronicle the lives of famous and notorious figures from our national history-have long been one of Hollywood''s most popular and important genres, offering viewers various understandings of American national identity. \u003ci\u003eInvented Lives, Imagined Communities\u003c\/i\u003e provides the first full-length examination of US biopics, focusing on key releases in American cinema while treating recent developments in three fields: cinema studies, particularly the history of Hollywood; national identity studies dealing with the American experience; and scholarship devoted to modernity and postmodernity. Films discussed include \u003ci\u003eHoudini\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePatton\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Great White Hope\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBound for Glory\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEd Wood\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBasquiat\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePollock\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSylvia\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eKinsey\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFur\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMilk\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJ. Edgar\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLincoln\u003c\/i\u003e, and the book pays special attention to the crucial generic plot along which biopics traverse and showcase American lives, even as they modify the various notions of the national character.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"State University of New York Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51039722668375,"sku":"9781438460796","price":65.04,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/invented-lives-imagined-communities-9781438460796","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}