Film and politics in America : a social tradition /

Neve, Brian

Film and politics in America : a social tradition / [by] Brian Neve - London : Routledge, [1992, 2002 reprint] - xii,285p : ill, ports ; 23cm - Studies in film, television and the media . - Studies in film, television, and the media .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This study looks at the social and political nature of American film by concentrating on a generation of writers who directed films in Hollywood in the 1940s. The author discusses how they negotiated their roles and to what extent their experience of the 1930s was reflected in their later films.

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Motion pictures--Social aspects--United States
Motion pictures--Political aspects--United States
Motion picture industry--History--United States
Society & social sciences
Social & cultural history
Films, cinema