Film and the American Presidency (Routledge Advances in Film Studies)
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- Synopsis
- The contention of Film and the American Presidency is that over the twentieth century the cinema has been a silent partner in setting the parameters of what we might call the presidential imaginary. This volume surveys the partnership in its longevity, placing stress on especially iconic presidents such as Lincoln and FDR. The contributions to this collection probe the rich interactions between these high institutions of culture and politics—Hollywood and the presidency—and argue that not only did Hollywood acting become an idiom for presidential style, but that Hollywood early on understood its own identity through the presidency’s peculiar mix of national epic and unified protagonist. Additionally, they contend that studios often made their films to sway political outcomes; that the performance of presidential personae has been constrained by the kinds of bodies (for so long, white and male) that have occupied the office, such that presidential embodiment obscures the body politic; and that Hollywood and the presidency may finally be nothing more than two privileged figures of media-age power.
- Copyright:
- 2015
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 294 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781135049911
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780415834391, 9780203502051, 9781138067257
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Date of Addition:
- 03/05/22
- Copyrighted By:
- Taylor and Francis
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Entertainment, Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Social Studies, Politics and Government
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- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
- Edited by:
- Jeff Menne
- Edited by:
- Christian B. Long
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