Screening the Sixties
Hollywood Cinema and the Politics of Memory
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19968434 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Olly Gruner (0000-0002-3664-7960, corresponding author), Oliver Gruner |
| Year | 2016 |
| Publication date | 2016-08-18 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | Screening the Sixties (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan UK (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1057/978-1-137-49633-1 |
| OpenAlex | W2546153699 |
| Open Library | OL28125705M |
| ISBN | 9781137496331 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
In the heat of political conflict and screech of a guitar solo, the Sixties echo down the years. The ‘Age of Aquarius’ may be no more, but its legacy still resonates across US politics and popular culture. This book provides a detailed and engaging account of how Hollywood cinema has represented and ‘remembered’ the Sixties. From late 1970s hippie musicals such as Hair and The Rose through to recent civil rights portrayals The Help and Lee Daniels’ The Butler, Oliver Gruner explores the ways in which films have engaged with broader debates on America’s recent past. Drawing on extensive archival research, he traces production history and script development, showing how a group of politically engaged filmmakers sought to offer resonant contributions to public memory. Situating Hollywood within a wider series of debates taking place in the US public sphere, Screening the Sixties offers a rigorous and innovative study of cinema’s engagement with this most contested of epochs
Art · Art history · Hollywood · Media studies · Movie theater · Political science · Politics · Public sphere · Sociology · Visual arts · American Political and Social Dynamics · Cinema and Media Studies · History · Italian Fascism and Post-war Society · Law · Motion pictures · Nineteen sixties · Politics in motion pictures · united states
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,75 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2026 (5) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |