Film Nation: Hollywood Looks at U.S. History, Revised Edition

Film Nation: Hollywood Looks at U.S. History, Revised Edition
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Events of the past decade have dramatically rewritten the American national narrative, bringing to light an alternate history of nation, marked since the countryâ€™s origins by competing geopolitical interests, by mobility and migration, and by contending ethnic and racial groups.
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In this revised and expanded edition of Film Nation, Robert Burgoyne analyzes films that give shape to the counternarrative that has emerged since 9/11â€”one that challenges the traditional myths of the American nation-state. The films examined here, Burgoyne argues, reveal the hidden underlayers of nation, from the first interaction between Europeans and Native Americans (The New World), to the clash of ethnic groups in nineteenth-century New York (Gangs of New York), to the haunting persistence of war in the national imagination (Flags of Our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima) and the impact of the events of 9/11 on American identity (United 93 and World Trade Center).
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Film Nation provides innovative readings of attempts by such directors as Martin Scorsese, Clint Eastwood, and Oliver Stone to visualize historical events that have acquired a mythical aura in order to open up the past to the contemporary moment.
Country USA
Brand University of Minnesota Press
Manufacturer Univ Of Minnesota Press
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9780816642922
ReleaseDate 2010-03-16
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780816642922

Country	USA
Brand	University of Minnesota Press
Manufacturer	Univ Of Minnesota Press
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9780816642922
ReleaseDate	2010-03-16
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780816642922

Film Nation: Hollywood Looks at U.S. History, Revised Edition

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