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Sensing the Past - Hollywood Stars and Historical Visions (Hardcover)
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Sensing the Past - Hollywood Stars and Historical Visions (Hardcover)
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How do perceptions of the past-not just of particular events, but
of the trajectory of history as a whole-shape our experience of the
world? To answer this (and other) questions, Jim Cullen looks
closely at the work of what might be considered an unlikely source
of historical insight-the work of six major Hollywood stars.
Indeed, Cullen offers a fascinating portrait of pivotal movements
that have shaped our history as reflected in the work of Clint
Eastwood, Daniel Day-Lewis, Denzel Washington, Tom Hanks, Meryl
Streep, and Jodie Foster. By focusing on the career choices made by
these powerful actors, all of whom have the rare ability to put
their personal stamp on their work, Cullen reveals a discrete set
of historical narratives, including a surprising strain of
Jeffersonian communitarianism that runs through Eastwood's work, a
sense of how the frontier shaped American character as reflected in
the roles chosen by Day-Lewis, the Lincoln-styled belief in
institutions and the power of ordinary people that runs through the
films of Tom Hanks (like Jimmy Stewart before him), and the history
of liberal feminism of the last century captured in the movies of
Meryl Streep. That these historical patterns emerge in the work of
these six artists-almost certainly unintentionally-sheds much light
on the way that, for all of us, historical forces can shape our
understanding of the world without our being aware of them.
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