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Item specifics
- Condition
- Book Title
- Steven Spielberg's America
- ISBN
- 9780745640839
- Subject Area
- Political Science, Performing Arts
- Publication Name
- Steven Spielberg's America
- Publisher
- Polity Press
- Item Length
- 8.3 in
- Subject
- Film / General, Globalization, Individual Director (See Also Biography & Autobiography / Entertainment & Performing Arts), Film / History & Criticism
- Publication Year
- 2010
- Series
- America Through the Lens Ser.
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.8 in
- Item Weight
- 12 Oz
- Item Width
- 5.6 in
- Number of Pages
- 200 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Polity Press
ISBN-10
0745640834
ISBN-13
9780745640839
eBay Product ID (ePID)
77912637
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
200 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Steven Spielberg's America
Subject
Film / General, Globalization, Individual Director (See Also Biography & Autobiography / Entertainment & Performing Arts), Film / History & Criticism
Publication Year
2010
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Political Science, Performing Arts
Series
America Through the Lens Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
12 Oz
Item Length
8.3 in
Item Width
5.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2010-292812
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
"Steven Spielberg's America is a tour de force. Frederick Wasser deftly integrates cultural studies, social history, political economy, and reception studies to illuminate relationships between Spielberg and Hollywood, Spielberg's films and audiences, and globalization and America." Eileen Meehan, Southern Illinois University Carbondale "In varied writings, Frederick Wasser has established himself as a trenchant commentator on contemporary movies and the media industry behind them. Now, with his sharp, concise study of Steven Spielberg's complex resonances for America today, Wasser extends his critical reflection in important, new ways. This is a compelling, intelligent take on the director and his social role." Dana Polan, New York University "A masterful case study that illuminates aspects of American politics and culture through the work of one filmmaker. Wasser deftly weaves a sophisticated analysis of Spielberg and his films with a provocative look at corporate Hollywood and capitalist America. A great addition to film and media studies." Janet Wasko, University of Oregon
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
791.430233092
Table Of Content
Acknowledgments vi Introduction: Culture, Politics, Film 1 1. The Formation of Spielberg's Generation 18 2. Spielberg Gets His Break 39 3. The Shark and the Blockbuster 66 4. E.T. and All Things Private 101 5. Looking to the Past 137 6. The Historical Film 164 7. Spielberg and Dark Visions 193 Coda: Open Questions 215 Appendix 218 Notes 220 Works Cited 224 Index 232
Synopsis
Steven Spielberg is known as the most powerful man in New Hollywood and a pioneer of the contemporary blockbuster, America s most successful export. His career began a new chapter in mass culture. At the same time, American post war liberalism was breaking down., Steven Spielberg is known as the most powerful man in New Hollywood and a pioneer of the contemporary blockbuster, America's most successful export. His career began a new chapter in mass culture. At the same time, American post war liberalism was breaking down. This fascinating new book explains the complex relationship between film and politics through the prism of an iconic filmmaker. Spielberg's early films were a triumphant emergence of the Sunbelt aesthetic that valued visceral kicks and basic emotions over the ambiguities of history. Such blockbusters have inspired much debate about their negative effect on politics and have been charged as being an expression of the corporatization of life. Here Frederick Wasser argues that the older Spielberg has not fully gone this way, suggesting that the filmmaker recycles the populist vision of older Hollywood because he sincerely believes in both big time moviemaking and liberal democracy. Nonetheless, his stories are burdened by his generation's hostility to public life, and the book shows how he uses filmmaking tricks to keep his audience with him and to smooth over the ideological contradictions. His audiences have become more global, as his films engage history. This fresh and provocative take on Spielberg in the context of globalization, rampant market capitalism and the hardening socio-political landscape of the United States will be fascinating reading for students of film and for anyone interested in contemporary America and its culture., Steven Spielberg is known as the most powerful man in New Hollywood and a pioneer of the contemporary blockbuster, America s most successful export. His career began a new chapter in mass culture. At the same time, American post war liberalism was breaking down. This fascinating new book explains the complex relationship between film and politics through the prism of an iconic filmmaker. Spielberg s early films were a triumphant emergence of the Sunbelt aesthetic that valued visceral kicks and basic emotions over the ambiguities of history. Such blockbusters have inspired much debate about their negative effect on politics and have been charged as being an expression of the corporatization of life. Here Frederick Wasser argues that the older Spielberg has not fully gone this way, suggesting that the filmmaker recycles the populist vision of older Hollywood because he sincerely believes in both big time moviemaking and liberal democracy. Nonetheless, his stories are burdened by his generation s hostility to public life, and the book shows how he uses filmmaking tricks to keep his audience with him and to smooth over the ideological contradictions. His audiences have become more global, as his films engage history. This fresh and provocative take on Spielberg in the context of globalization, rampant market capitalism and the hardening socio-political landscape of the United States will be fascinating reading for students of film and for anyone interested in contemporary America and its culture., Steven Spielberg is known as the most powerful man in New Hollywood and a pioneer of the contemporary blockbuster, America's most successful export. His career began a new chapter in mass culture. At the same time, American post-war liberalism was breaking down. This fascinating new book explains the complex relationship between film and politics through the prism of an iconic filmmaker. Spielberg's early films were a triumphant emergence of the Sunbelt aesthetic that valued visceral kicks and basic emotions over the ambiguities of history. Such blockbusters have inspired much debate about their negative effect on politics and have been charged with being complicit in the corporatization of life. Here Frederick Wasser argues that as Spielberg grew older he shook off his complicity by recycling the populist vision of older Hollywood. He did this because he sincerely believes in both big-time moviemaking and liberal democracy. Nonetheless, his stories continue to be burdened by his generation's hostility to public life, and the book shows how he uses filmmaking tricks to smooth over the ideological contradictions, and to keep his audiences with him. His audiences have become more global as his films engage history. This fresh and provocative take on Spielberg in the context of globalization, rampant market capitalism, and the hardening socio-political landscape of the United States will be fascinating reading for students of film and for anyone interested in contemporary America and its culture.
LC Classification Number
PN1998.3
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