'Un-American' Hollywood: Politics and Film in the Blacklist Era

The concept of "un-Americanism," so vital to the HUAC crusade of the 1940s and 1950s, was resoundingly...
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'Un-American' Hollywood: Politics and Film in the Blacklist Era by Krutnik, Frank

'Un-American' Hollywood: Politics and Film in the Blacklist Era

CHF 78.11

'Un-American' Hollywood: Politics and Film in the Blacklist Era

CHF 78.11
Author: Frank Krutnik
Format: Paperback
Language: English

The concept of "un-Americanism," so vital to the HUAC crusade of the 1940s and 1950s, was resoundingly revived in the emotional rhetoric that followed the September 11th terrorist attacks. Today's political and cultural climate makes it more crucial than ever to come to terms with the consequences of this earlier period of repression and with the contested claims of Americanism that it generated.

"Un-American" Hollywood reopens the intense critical debate on the blacklist era and on the aesthetic and political work of the Hollywood Left. In a series of fresh case studies focusing on contexts of production and reception, the contributors offer exciting and original perspectives on the role of progressive politics within a capitalist media industry.

Original essays scrutinize the work of individual practitioners, such as Robert Rossen, Joseph Losey, Jules Dassin, and Edward Dmytryk, and examine key films, including The Robe, Christ in Concrete, The House I Live In, The Lawless, The Naked City, The Prowler, Body and Soul, and FTA.



Author: Frank Krutnik
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 12/27/2007
Pages: 416
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.39lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.50w x 0.92d
ISBN: 9780813541983


Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 05/01/2008 pg. 319

About the Author
Frank Krutnik teaches film at Sussex University. Steve Neale is a professor of film studies at Exeter University. Brian Neve is a senior lecturer in politics at the University of Bath. Peter Stanfield is a reader in film studies at the University of Kent.

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