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Hollywood and the End of the Cold War - Signs of Cinematic Change (Hardcover)
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Hollywood and the End of the Cold War - Signs of Cinematic Change (Hardcover)
Series: Film and History
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From the late 1940s until the early 1990s, the Cold War was perhaps
the most critical and defining aspect of American culture,
influencing television, music, and movies, among other forms of
popular entertainment. Films in particular were at the center of
the battle for the hearts and minds of the American public.
Throughout this period, the Cold War influenced what movies got
produced, how such movies were made, and how audiences understood
the films they watched. In the post-Cold War era, some genres of
film suffered from the shift in our national narratives, while
others were quickly reimagined for an audience with different
political and social fears. In Hollywood and the End of the Cold
War: Signs of Cinematic Change, Bryn Upton compares films from the
late Cold War era with movies of similar themes from the post-Cold
War era. In this volume, Upton pays particular attention to shifts
in narrative that reflect changes in American culture, attitudes,
and ideas. In exploring how the absence of the Cold War has changed
the way we understand and interpret film, this volume seeks to
answer several key questions such as: Has the end of the Cold War
altered how we tell our stories? Has it changed how we perceive
ourselves? In what ways has our popular culture been affected by
the absence of this once dominant presence? With its focus on
themes that are central to the concerns of many
historians-including civil religion, social fracture, and the
culture wars-Hollywood and the End of the Cold War will serve as a
useful tool for those seeking to integrate film into the classroom,
as well as for film scholars exploring representations of
sociopolitical change on screen.
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