Robert A. Rosenstone

History on Film/Film on History (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

History on Film/Film on History has established itself as a classic treatise on the historical film and its role in bringing the past to life. Examining the codes and conventions of how films tell us about the past and providing guidance on how to analyse films as historical interpretations, this book is an essential introduction to the field.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 200
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351625685
• Artikelnr.: 48958562

Autorenporträt

Robert A. Rosenstone is Professor Emeritus of History at the California Institute of Technology, USA. His award-winning biography of John Reed, Romantic Revolutionary (1975), was used as the basis of Warren Beatty's multiple Academy Award winner, Reds, on which Rosenstone served as historical consultant. His other publications include Visions of the Past: The Challenge of Film to Our Idea of History (1995) Crusade of the Left: The Lincoln Battalion in the Spanish Civil War (1969), and Mirror in the Shrine: American Encounters with Japan (1988). He is the editor of Revisioning History: Film and the Construction of a New Past (1995) and Experiments in Rethinking History (2004) and is the Founding Editor of Rethinking History: The Journal of Theory and Practice.

Inhaltsangabe

List of illustrations
Preface to the series
Introduction to the third edition
Introduction to the second edition
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1 History on film
Chapter 2 To see the past
Chapter 3 Mainstream drama
Chapter 4 Innovative drama
Chapter 5 Documentary
Chapter 6 Telling lives
Chapter 7 Film-maker/Historian
Chapter 8 Engaging the discourse
Chapter 9 Film on history
Epilogue The View from 2017
Guide to key reading
Bibliography
Index

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Contents



Illustrations

Preface to the series

Introduction to the fourth edition

Introduction to the third edition

Introduction to the second edition

Acknowledgments



Chapter 1 History on film

Chapter 2 To see the past

Chapter 3 Mainstream drama

Chapter 4 Innovative drama

Chapter 5 Documentary

Chapter 6 Telling lives

Chapter 7 Film-maker/historian

Chapter 8 Engaging the discourse

Chapter 9 The view from 2017

Chapter 10 Beyond the West

Chapter 11 Film on history



Guide to key reading

Bibliography

Index