Garth S Jowett

Biographic Data

ID681315
NAMEGarth S Jowett
GIVEN NAMESGarth S
FAMILY NAMEJowett
SIGNATUREJOWETT G S
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Houston
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS29
TOTAL CITATIONS20
AUTHOR COUNT29
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1949
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2014
H-INDEX3

  • Hollywood and the American Historical Film

    Garth S Jowett, Garth JowettARTICLEHistorical Journal Of Film Radio…2014

    The Holy Grail for those teaching in the area of film in history is to find the key to understanding the complex interrelationships between films, audiences and studio production imperatives as the

  • The Cold War and the United States Information Agency: American propaganda and public diplomacy, 1945-1989

    Garth S Jowett, Garth JowettARTICLEHistorical Journal Of Film Radio…2009Cited by: 3

  • Apartheid And Socialization: Movie-Going In Cape Town, 1943–1958

    Garth S Jowett, Garth JowettARTICLEHistorical Journal Of Film Radio…2006

  • The Nickel and Dime Decade: American Popular Culture during the 1930s

    Garth S Jowett, Garth Jowett et al.ARTICLEJournal of American History1995

    Journal Article The Nickel and Dime Decade: American Popular Culture during the 1930s. By Gary Dean Best. (Westport: Praeger, 1993. xiv, 168 pp. $45.00, ISBN 0-275-94395-X.) Get access Garth Jowett Garth Jowett University of Houston, Houston, Texas Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 81, Issue 4, March 1995, Pages 1797–1798, https://doi.org/10.2307/2081810 Published: 01 Marc…

  • Dangling the Dream? The presentation of television to the American public, 1928-1952

    Garth S Jowett, Garth JowettARTICLEHistorical Journal Of Film Radio…1994Cited by: 1References: 9

  • Propaganda and war: Propaganda and the gulf war

    Linda Steiner, Garth S JowettARTICLECritical Studies in Mass…1993

  • The thirteenth manuscript: The case of the missing Payne Fund Study

    Garth S Jowett, Garth Jowett et al.ARTICLEHistorical Journal Of Film Radio…1993References: 1

  • Hollywood Discovers Apartheid: The Depiction of White South Africans in Recent American Films

    Garth S JowettARTICLEJournal of Popular Film and…1992

  • The Voice of America: Propaganda and Democracy, 1941-1945

    Garth S Jowett, Holly Cowan ShulmanARTICLEJournal of American History1992Cited by: 5

    Journal Article The Voice of America: Propaganda and Democracy, 1941–1945. By Holly Cowan Shulman. (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1990. x + 282 pp. Cloth, $37.50, ISBN 0-299-12620-X. Paper, $12.95, ISBN 0-299-12624-2.) The Voice of America: Propaganda and Democracy, 1941–1945. By Cowan Shulman Holly. (Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1990. x + 282 pp. Cloth, $37.50, ISBN 0-299-12620-X. Paper, $12.95, ISBN 0-299-12624-2.) Garth S.…

  • Reel Politics: American Political Movies from Birth of a Nation to Platoon

    Garth S Jowett, Terry ChristensenARTICLEJournal of American History1990

    Journal Article Reel Politics: American Political Movies from Birth of a Nation to Platoon. By Terry Christensen. (New York: Blackwell, 1987. x + 244 pp. $24.95.) Get access Garth S. Jowett Garth S. Jowett University of Houston, University Park Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 77, Issue 3, December 1990, Pages 1075–1076, https://doi.org/10.2307/2079115 Published: 01 Decem…

  • Moral responsibility and commercial entertainment: Social control in the United States film industry, 1907-1968

    Garth S JowettARTICLEHistorical Journal Of Film Radio…1990Cited by: 3References: 5

    1990). Moral responsibility and commercial entertainment: social control in the United States film industry, 1907–1968. Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television: Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 3-31

  • Hollywood Speaks: Deafness and the Film Entertainment Industry

    Garth S Jowett, John S SchuchmanARTICLEJournal of American History1989

    Journal Article Hollywood Speaks: Deafness and the Film Entertainment Industry. By John S. Schuchman. (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1988. x + 167 pp. $24.95.) Get access Garth S. Jowett Garth S. Jowett University of Houston Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 76, Issue 2, September 1989, Pages 637–638, https://doi.org/10.2307/1908078 Published: 01 September 1989

  • A capacity for evil: The 1915 supreme courtMutualDecision

    Garth S JowettARTICLEHistorical Journal Of Film Radio…1989Cited by: 2References: 5

    1989). ‘A capacity for evil’: The 1915 supreme court Mutual Decision. Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television: Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 59-78

  • Britain Can Take It: The British Cinema in the Second World War

    Garth S Jowett, Anthony Aldgate et al.ARTICLEThe American Historical Review1987

  • Propaganda and Communication: The Re-emergence of a Research Tradition

    Open AccessGarth S JowettARTICLEJournal of Communication1987

    Journal Article Propaganda and Communication: The Re-emergence of a Research Tradition Get access Garth S. Jowett Garth S. Jowett 1Garth S. Jowett is Professor in the School of Communication at the University of Houston Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Communication, Volume 37, Issue 1, March 1987, Pages 97–114, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-2466.1987.tb00971.x Published: 07 February 2006

  • The machine in the text: Technology in introductory mass communication texts

    Garth S JowettARTICLECritical Studies in Mass…1984

  • The ICA Yearbook

    Open AccessCal Hylton, Garth S JowettARTICLEJournal of Communication1983

    Journal Article The ICA Yearbook Get access Cal Hylton, Cal Hylton 1Sun Jose State University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Garth S. Jowett Garth S. Jowett 2University of Houston Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of Communication, Volume 33, Issue 4, December 1983, Pages 121–123, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-2466.1983.tb02442.x Published: 07 February 2006

  • The Entertainment Machine: American Show Business in the Twentieth Century

    Garth S Jowett, Robert C TollARTICLEJournal of American History1983

    Journal Article The Entertainment Machine: American Show Business in the Twentieth Century. By Robert C. Toll. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1982. xiii + 284 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliographic essay, and index. Cloth, $29.95; paper, $12.95.) Get access Garth S. Jowett Garth S. Jowett University of Houston Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 70, Issue 2, September …

  • Big Bad Wolves: Masculinity in the American Film

    Garth S Jowett, Joan MellenARTICLEJournal of American History1979

    Journal Article Big Bad Wolves: Masculinity in the American Film. By Joan Mellen. (New York: Pantheon, 1977. xvi + 365 pp. Illustrations, and index. $12.95.) Get access Garth S. Jowett Garth S. Jowett University of Windsor Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 65, Issue 4, March 1979, Pages 1200–1201, https://doi.org/10.2307/1894664 Published: 01 March 1979

  • The Creation of Tomorrow: Fifty Years of Magazine Science Fiction

    Garth S Jowett, Paul A CarterARTICLEJournal of American History1978

  • Slow Fade to Black: The Negro in American Film, 1900-1942

    Garth S Jowett, Thomas CrippsARTICLEJournal of American History1978Cited by: 6

    Journal Article Slow Fade to Black: The Negro in American Film, 1900–1942. By Thomas Gripps. (New York: Oxford University Press, 1977. xi + 447 pp. Illustrations, notes, and indexes. Cloth, $19.95; paper, $5.95.) Get access Garth S. Jowett Garth S. Jowett University of Windsor Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 64, Issue 4, March 1978, Pages 1153–1154, https://doi.org/10.23…

  • Adventure, Mystery, and Romance: Formula Stories as Art and Popular Culture

    Garth S JowettREVIEWJournal of American History1976

    Journal Article Adventure, Mystery, and Romance: Formula Stories as Art and Popular Culture. By John G. Cawelti. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1976. viii + 336 pp. Notes, bibliographical notes, and index. $15.00.) Get access Garth S. Jowett Garth S. Jowett University of Windsor Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 63, Issue 3, December 1976, Pages 786–787, https://do…

  • Towards a History of Popular Culture

    Open AccessGarth S Jowett, Garth JowettARTICLEThe Journal of Popular Culture1975

  • Silhouttes on the Shade: Images from the 50s Reexamined

    Garth S JowettARTICLEJournal of American History1974

    Journal Article Silhouettes on the Shade: Images from the 30s Reexamined. (Muncie, Ind.: Ball State University, 1973. vi + 61 pp. Notes. Paper.) Get access Garth S. Jowett Garth S. Jowett Carleton University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 61, Issue 1, June 1974, Pages 254–255, https://doi.org/10.2307/1918352 Published: 01 June 1974

  • Li'l Abner: A Study in American Satire

    Open AccessGarth S Jowett, Arthur Asa BergerARTICLEAmerican Quarterly1971

    Southwest literary humor and Yiddish humor collided in the ever-popular comic strip From 1936 to 1977, when it ceased publication, this comic strip entertained, annoyed, riled, and amused legions of readers. Li'l Abner, Daisy Mae, Mammy and Pappy Yokum, Moonbeam McSwine, Marryin' Sam, and Sadie Hawkins became pillars in American popular culture, and Dogpatch became a symbol, an emblem, and a community in mainstream U.S.A. The denizens of Dogpatch…