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The Civil War on Film (Hardcover)
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The Civil War on Film (Hardcover)
Series: Hollywood History
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The Civil War on Film will inform high school and college readers
interested in Civil War film history on issues that arise when film
viewers confuse entertainment with historical accuracy. The
nation's years of civil war were painful, destructive, and
unpleasant. Yet war films tend to embrace mythologies that erase
that historical reality, romanticizing the Civil War. The editors
of this volume have little patience for any argument that implies
race-based slavery isn't an entirely repugnant economic, political,
and cultural institution and that the people who fought to preserve
slavery were fighting for a glorious and admirable cause. To that
end, The Civil War on Film will open with a timeline and
introduction and then explore ten films across decades of cinema
history in ten chapters, from Birth of a Nation, which debuted in
1915, to The Free State of Jones, which debuted one hundred and one
years later. It will also analyze and critique the myriad of
mythologies and ideologies which appear in American Civil War
films, including Lost Cause ideation, Black Confederate fictions,
Northern Aggression mythologies, and White Savior tropes. It will
also suggest the way particular films mirror the time in which they
were written and filmed. Further resources will close the volume.
Makes clear that depictions of the Civil War on film are often
mythologized Analyzes films in a manner that shows students the
historical context in which the films were made and viewed Goes
beyond just synopses and historical facts, helping students to
develop critical thinking skills Stimulates debate over the various
ways the war was interpreted and experienced
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