American Politics in Hollywood Film
- ISBN-10
- 0748688366
- ISBN-13
- 9780748688364
- Category
- Performing Arts
- Pages
- 272
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011-05-06
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Author
- Ian Scott
Description
In this second edition of American Politics in Hollywood Film, Ian Scott takes up his analysis of political content and ideology through movies and contends that American culture and the institutional process continues to be portrayed, debated and influen
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