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Film Criticism, the Cold War, and the Blacklist: Reading the Hollywood Reds
Jeff Smith
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Description for Film Criticism, the Cold War, and the Blacklist: Reading the Hollywood Reds
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; APFA; HBTW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 506.
Film Criticism, the Cold War, and the Blacklist examines the long-term reception of several key American films released during the postwar period, focusing on the two main critical lenses used in the interpretation of these films: propaganda and allegory. Produced in response to the hearings held by the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) that resulted in the Hollywood blacklist, these films' ideological message and rhetorical effectiveness was often muddled by the inherent difficulties in dramatizing villains defined by their thoughts and belief systems rather than their actions. Whereas anti-Communist propaganda films offered explicit political exhortation, allegory was the preferred ... Read more
Film Criticism, the Cold War, and the Blacklist examines the long-term reception of several key American films released during the postwar period, focusing on the two main critical lenses used in the interpretation of these films: propaganda and allegory. Produced in response to the hearings held by the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) that resulted in the Hollywood blacklist, these films' ideological message and rhetorical effectiveness was often muddled by the inherent difficulties in dramatizing villains defined by their thoughts and belief systems rather than their actions. Whereas anti-Communist propaganda films offered explicit political exhortation, allegory was the preferred ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
515g
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520280687
SKU
V9780520280687
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About Jeff Smith
Jeff Smith is Professor of Communication Arts at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, and the author of The Sounds of Commerce: Marketing Popular Film Music.
Reviews for Film Criticism, the Cold War, and the Blacklist: Reading the Hollywood Reds
"[A] fresh view, if not always of the films, then of the way critics and scholars have shaped discussions over time." The Arts Fuse "Smith is in his element when unearthing subtext ... His readings have a richness of their own."
Bernard F. Dick American Studies "Excellent... comprehensive." Journal of American Culture
Bernard F. Dick American Studies "Excellent... comprehensive." Journal of American Culture