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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/59468180 Title: The big tomorrow : Hollywood and the politics of the American way Author: Lary May Publisher: Chicago, Ill. ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2002. ISBN/ISSN: 0226511634 9780226511634 OCLC:59468180

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The big tomorrow : Hollywood and the politics of the American way

Author:	Lary May
Publisher:	Chicago, Ill. ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2002.
Edition/Format:	Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	In this daring re-examination of the connections between national politics and Hollywood movies, Lary May offers a fresh interpretation of American culture from the New Deal through the Cold War.
Subjects	Motion pictures -- Social aspects -- United States. Motion pictures -- Political aspects -- United States. Cinéma -- Aspect social -- États-Unis. View all subjects
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Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Lary May Find more information about:
ISBN:	0226511634 9780226511634
OCLC Number:	59468180
Notes:	Originally published: 2000.
Description:	348 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Contents:	"My ancestors did not come over on the Mayflower": Will Rogers and the radicalism of tradition -- The recreation of America: hybrid moviemakers and the multicultural republic -- Utopia on main street: modern theaters and the "new" audiences -- The birth of the white consumer democracy: Hollywood and the World War II conversion narrative -- Movie star politics: Hollywood and the making of Cold War Americanism -- "Outside the groove of history": film noir and the birth of a counterculture -- Epilogue: reimagining postwar America -- Appendix 1: sampling methods and research data -- Appendix 2: trends in film plots and the changing face of American ideology -- Appendix 3: examples of film reviews from Motion picture herald.
Responsibility:	Lary May.

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"The most exhilarating work of revisionist film history since Pauline Kael's 'Citizen Kane'... It's been a long time since the world of film has received as invigoratingly coherent an overview as Read more...

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