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Dogs have been part of motion pictures since the movies began. They
have been featured onscreen in various capacities, from any number
of "man's best friends" (Rin Tin Tin, Asta, Toto, Lassie, Benji,
Uggie, and many, many more) to the psychotic Cujo. The contributors
to Cinematic Canines take a close look at Hollywood films and
beyond in order to show that the popularity of dogs on the screen
cannot be separated from their increasing presence in our lives
over the past century.
The representation and visualization of dogs in cinema, as of other
animals, has influenced our understanding of what dogs "should" do
and be, for us and with us. Adrienne L. McLean expertly shepherds
these original essays into a coherent look at "real" dogs in
live-action narrative films, from the stars and featured players to
the character and supporting actors to those pooches that assumed
bit parts or performed as extras. Who were those dogs, how were
they trained, what were they made to do, how did they participate
as characters in a fictional universe? These are a just a few of
the many questions that she and the outstanding group of scholars
in this book have addressed.
Often dogs are anthropomorphized in movies in ways that enable them
to reason, sympathize, understand and even talk; and our shaping of
dogs into furry humans has had profound effects on the lives of
dogs off the screen. Certain breeds of dog have risen in popularity
following their appearance in commercial film, often to the
detriment of the dogs themselves, who rarely correspond to their
idealized screen versions. In essence, the contributors in
"Cinematic Canines" help us think about and understand the meanings
of the many canines that appear in the movies and, in turn, we want
to know more about those dogs due in no small part to the power of
the movies themselves.
Shirley Temple, Clark Gable, Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland,
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, Bette Davis, Joan Crawford and
Norma Shearer, Marlene Dietrich and Greta Garbo, William Powell and
Myrna Loy, Jean Harlow, and Gary Cooper-"Glamour in a Golden Age"
presents original essays from eminent film scholars that analyze
movie stars of the 1930s against the background of contemporary
American cultural history.
Stardom is approached as an effect of, and influence on, the
particular historical and industrial contexts that enabled these
actors and actresses to be discovered, featured in films,
publicized, and to become recognized and admired-sometimes even
notorious-parts of the cultural landscape. Using archival and
popular material, including fan and mass market magazines, other
promotional and publicity material, and of course films themselves,
contributors also discuss other artists who were incredibly popular
at the time, among them Ann Harding, Ruth Chatterton, Nancy
Carroll, Kay Francis, and Constance Bennett.
Analysts today routinely look toward the media and popular culture
as a way of understanding global security. Although only a decade
ago, such a focus would have seemed out of place, the proliferation
of digital technologies in the twenty-first century has transformed
our knowledge of near and distant events so that it has become
impossible to separate the politics of war, suffering, terrorism,
and security from the practices and processes of the media. In
Rethinking Global Security, Andrew Martin and Patrice Petro bring
together ten path-breaking essays that explore the ways that our
notions of fear, insecurity, and danger are fostered by
intermediary sources such as television, radio, film, satellite
imaging, and the Internet. The contributors, who represent a wide
variety of disciplines, including communications, art history,
media studies, women's studies, and literature, show how both
fictional and fact-based threats to global security have helped to
create and sustain a culture that is deeply distrustful - of
images, stories, reports, and policy decisions. such as Howard
Stern, to the role that Buffy the Vampire Slayer and other
television programming play as an interpretative frame for current
events. Designed to promote strategic thinking about the
relationships between media, popular culture, and global security,
this book is essential reading for scholars of international
relations, technology, and media studies.
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