W. Palmer

The Films of the Nineties

The Decade of Spin

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

By breaking down classic films from the nineteen-nineties such as Forest Gump and Titanic, this book offers a reel-to-reel cultural analysis, chronicling the concept of 'spin' as a major sociopolitical persuasion strategy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan US / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-349-37800-5
• 1st ed. 2009
• Seitenzahl: 268
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. März 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 341g
• ISBN-13: 9781349378005
• ISBN-10: 1349378003
• Artikelnr.: 45578981

Autorenporträt

WILLIAM J. PALMER is Professor of Literature and Film in the English Department at Perdue University, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Hollywood and History The New Historicist Films The Decade of Spin The Politics of Spin The American President Spin Out: The Gay Nineties Sex and the Nineties Neo-Spin Spinning into the Millenium

Rezensionen

"This book contains terrific lists of films collected under key thematic headings - history films, films about politics, about sex, about spin. As a dazzling representation of spin, Wag the Dog (1997), according to Palmer, "may be the decade-defining film of the nineties." Bolstered by postmodern theory, the "spin" thesis is interesting, and descriptions of individual films are illuminating." - Choice