The Historical Film: History and Memory in Media

Book Overview

What is history? How do we represent it? How do our notions of history change over time? The essays in The Historical Film: History and Memory in Media probe the roles that cinema and television play in altering and complicating our understanding of historical events.

The book brings together representative examples of how both media critics and historians write about history as it is created and disseminated through film and television...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813528569
• ISBN13: 9780813528564
• Release Date: October 2000
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.1"