Jim Cullen

Sensing the Past

Hollywood Stars and Historical Visions

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Produktbeschreibung

Sensing the Past explores perennial themes in American culture as manifested through the works of six of Hollywood's biggest movies stars: Clint Eastwood, Daniel Day-Lewis, Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, and Jodie Foster.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: OUP US
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Januar 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 455g
• ISBN-13: 9780199927661
• ISBN-10: 0199927669
• Artikelnr.: 36199081

Autorenporträt

Jim Cullen teaches history at the Ethical Culture Fieldston School in New York City. He is the author of The American Dream: A Short History of an Idea that Shaped a Nation, Born in the U.S.A.: Bruce Springsteen and the American Tradition, and other books. Cullen is also a book review editor at the History News Network. He lives in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter One Tending to the Flock: Clint Eastwood, Ambivalent Wanderer
Chapter Two Daniel Day-Lewis and the Frontier in American History
Chapter Three Equal Work: The Mystique of Meryl Streep
Chapter Four Denzel Washington, Affirmative Actor
Chapter Five Team Player: Tom Hanks, Company Man
Chapter Six The Brave One: Jodie Foster, American Loner
Index