Seeing Through the Screen : Interpreting American Political Film 9781498557498, 9781498557481

Although films affect and reflect the way Americans look at politics, they have received far less attention than televis

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Seeing Through the Screen : Interpreting American Political Film
9781498557498, 9781498557481

First things first: This is a collection of fifteen essays about American films that depicted the historical past and, i

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