Box office archaeology : refining Hollywood's portrayals of the past
Print Book, English, ©2007
Left Coast Press, Walnut Creek, Calif., ©2007
Criticism, interpretation, etc
256 pages : illustrations, 1 map ; 24 cm
9781598740554, 9781598740561, 1598740555, 1598740563
123114421
| Preface | 7 | ||
| CHAPTER 1 THE WAY OF THE ARCHAEOLOGIST | 9 | ||
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| CHAPTER 2 UNWRAPPING THE MUMMY: HOLLYWOOD FANTASIES, EGYPTIAN REALITIES | 16 | ||
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| CHAPTER 3 VIKINGS, VIXENS, AND VALHALLA: HOLLYWOOD DEPICTIONS OF THE NORSE | 34 | ||
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| CHAPTER 4 A PIRATES LIFE FOR ME! BUT WHAT DID THAT REALLY MEAN? | 51 | ||
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| CHAPTER 5 TITANIC | 70 | ||
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| CHAPTER 6 VOYAGE FROM MYTH: RETURN OF THE CONFEDERATE SUBMARINE H.L. HUNLEY | 88 | ||
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| CHAPTER 7 POCAHONTAS UNANIMATED: THE LIFE OF A POWHATAN PRINCESS | 104 | ||
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| CHAPTER 8 THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE EVER-CHANGING HOLLYWOOD INDIAN | 122 | ||
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| CHAPTER 9 IMAGINING BLACKNESS: ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND CINEMATIC VISIONS OF AFRICAN AMERICAN LIFE | 140 | ||
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| CHAPTER 10 FIVE POINTS ON FILM: MYTH, URBAN ARCHAEOLOGY, AND GANGS OF NEW YORK | 159 | ||
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| CHAPTER 11 WESTERN BOOMTOWNS: THE LOST EPISODES | 179 | ||
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| CHAPTER 12 CONTESTING HOLLYWOOD'S CHINATOWNS | 200 | ||
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| CHAPTER 13 WHEN THE LEGEND BECOMES FACT: RECONCILING HOLLYWOOD REALISM AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL REALITIES | 223 | ||
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| INDEX | 245 | ||
| ABOUT THE AUTHORS | 251 |