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Popular cinema as political theory : = idealism and realism in epics, noirs, and satires /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Popular cinema as political theory :/ John S. Nelson.
Reminder of title:	idealism and realism in epics, noirs, and satires /
Author:	Nelson, John S.,
Description:	1 online resource.
Notes:	Includes index.
Subject:	Motion pictures - Political aspects - United States. -
Subject:	United States. -
Online resource:	http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137373861
ISBN:	1137373865 (electronic bk.)

Popular cinema as political theory : = idealism and realism in epics, noirs, and satires /
Nelson, John S.,1950-

Popular cinema as political theory :idealism and realism in epics, noirs, and satires /John S. Nelson. - 1 online resource.

Includes index.

Doing political theory with popular films: styles in action in everyday life -- An epic comeback? post-western politics in film and theory -- Rhythms of political satire: post-modern politics in words, musics, and movies -- Realism as a political style: noir insights -- Noir in paradise: testing and twisting realist politics -- Conclusion -- Unsettling idealism versus realism: perfectionism in two classics of neo noir -- Appendix A: Classic film noir according to critical consensus -- Appendix B: Some interim noir films according to commentators -- Appendix C: Neo-noir films according to Nelson.

<P >The book presents cinematic case studies in political realism versus political idealism, demonstrating methods of viewing popular cinema as political theory. The book appreciates political myth-making in popular genres as especially practical and accessible theorizing about politics.

ISBN: 1137373865 (electronic bk.)

Source: 706762Palgrave Macmillanhttp://www.palgraveconnect.comSubjects--Topical Terms:

663293
Motion pictures
--Political aspects--United States.Subjects--Geographical Terms:

665264
United States.
Index Terms--Genre/Form:

554714
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: PN1995.9.P6 / N46 2013

Dewey Class. No.: 791.43/6581

Popular cinema as political theory : = idealism and realism in epics, noirs, and satires /
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