The Politics of Hollywood Cinema: Popular Film and Contemporary Political Theory

By Richard Rushton

Book Overview

1. What is a Politics of Cinema? 2. Discovering a Politics of Cinema: The Influence of Althusser 3. The Politics of Cinematic Pleasure (with some reflections on The Sound of Music) 4. Politics and Hollywood Cinema: Marked Woman 5. Suture and Political Identity: On the Waterfront 6. Democracy and Totalitarianism: Mr Smith Goes to Washington 7. ?galibert? and Citizenship: Born Yesterday 8. Equality and Democracy: It Should Happen to You 9. Concluding Remarks

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349318957
• ISBN13: 9781349318957
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 236 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"