A Very Dangerous Citizen: Abraham Lincoln Polonsky and the Hollywood Left
- ISBN-10
- 0520236726
- ISBN-13
- 9780520236721
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 285
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002-10-21
- Publisher
- Univ of California Press
- Authors
- Paul Buhle, Dave Wagner
Description
Going beyond a biography, this text uses the life of blacklisted Hollywood writer and director Abraham Lincoln Polonsky to help us understand the relationship between art and politics in American culture and to uncover the effects of US anticommunism and anti-Semitism.
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