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Cinematic Cold War: The American and Soviet Struggle for Hearts and Minds

Tony Shaw, Denise Jeanne Youngblood - History - 2010 - 320 pages
The first book-length survey of cinema's vital role in the Cold War cultural combat between the U.S. and the USSR. Focuses on 10 films--five American and five Soviet, both ...
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Folklore of Cornwall

Clifford Shaw, Tony Deane - Social Science - 2009 - 236 pages
Standing alone at the bottom tip of England and despite the enormous influx of tourists it receives each year, Cornwall boasts many unique traditions. This volume touches on ...
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J. Edgar Hoover Goes to the Movies: The FBI and the Origins of Hollywood's ...

John Sbardellati - Performing Arts - 2012 - 265 pages
Between 1942 and 1958, J. Edgar Hoover’s Federal Bureau of Investigation conducted a sweeping and sustained investigation of the motion picture industry to expose Hollywood’s ...
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Projecting Politics: Political Messages in American Films

Terry Christensen, Peter J. Haas - Social Science - 2005 - 384 pages
This fascinating work examines in detail the relationship between American politics and films, from Birth of a Nation to Fahrenheit 9/11. It provides a decade-by-decade survey ...
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Screening America: United States History through Film since 1900

James J Lorence - Performing Arts - 2016 - 384 pages
By combining the study of films with the text-based primary sources, Screening America gives students clear guidance in studying, interpreting, and understanding the motion ...
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