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The CIA in Hollywood: How the Agency Shapes Film and Television
Tricia Jenkins
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Description for The CIA in Hollywood: How the Agency Shapes Film and Television
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, 3 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 292 x 18. Weight in Grams: 332.
Jenkins's book raises serious ethical and legal questions about the relationship between the CIA and Hollywood and the extent to which we consume propaganda from one through the other. . . . Should the CIA be authorized to target American public opinion? If our artists don't confront [the question] more directly, and soon, the Agency will only continue to infiltrate our vulnerable film and television screens-and our minds. -Tom Hayden, Los Angeles Review of Books The book makes a strong case that the CIA should not be in Hollywood at all, but that ... Read more
Jenkins's book raises serious ethical and legal questions about the relationship between the CIA and Hollywood and the extent to which we consume propaganda from one through the other. . . . Should the CIA be authorized to target American public opinion? If our artists don't confront [the question] more directly, and soon, the Agency will only continue to infiltrate our vulnerable film and television screens-and our minds. -Tom Hayden, Los Angeles Review of Books The book makes a strong case that the CIA should not be in Hollywood at all, but that ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
230
Place of Publication
Austin, TX, United States
ISBN
9780292772465
SKU
V9780292772465
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About Tricia Jenkins
Tricia Jenkins is an assistant professor in the Film, Television, and Digital Media Department at Texas Christian University. She has published several articles on the CIA in Hollywood and on the spy genre more broadly.
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