{"product_id":"projecting-politics-political-messages-in-american-films-paperback","title":"Projecting Politics: Political Messages in American Films - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eElizabeth Haas\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTerry Christensen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePeter J. Haas\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe new edition of this influential work updates and expands the scope of the original, including more sustained analyses of individual films, from \u003ci\u003eThe Birth of a Nation\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eThe Wolf of Wall Street\u003c\/i\u003e. An interdisciplinary exploration of the relationship between American politics and popular films of all kinds-including comedy, science fiction, melodrama, and action-adventure-\u003ci\u003eProjecting Politics \u003c\/i\u003eoffers original approaches to determining the political contours of films, and to connecting cinematic language to political messaging. A new chapter covering 2000 to 2013 updates the decade-by-decade look at the Washington-Hollywood nexus, with special areas of focus including the post-9\/11 increase in political films, the rise of political war films, and films about the 2008 economic recession. The new edition also considers recent developments such as the \u003cem\u003eCitizens United\u003c\/em\u003e Supreme Court decision, the controversy sparked by the film \u003cem\u003eZero Dark Thirty\u003c\/em\u003e, newer generation actor-activists, and the effects of shifting industrial financing structures on political content. A new chapter addresses the resurgence of the disaster-apocalyptic film genre with particular attention paid to its themes of political nostalgia and the turn to global settings and audiences. Updated and expanded chapters on nonfiction film and advocacy documentaries, the politics of race and African-American film, and women and gender in political films round out this expansive, timely new work.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA companion website offers two additional appendices and further materials for those using the book in class.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA recipient of a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship in the Humanities, \u003cb\u003e Elizabeth Haas\u003c\/b\u003e has published in numerous journals and teaches film studies at the University of Bridgeport in Connecticut. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author of many books including \u003ci\u003eLocal Politics: Governing at the Grassroots, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e Terry Christensen\u003c\/b\u003e is professor emeritus in the political science department at San Jose State University in California. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter J. Haas\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003erecipient of a Fulbright Foundation Senior Specialist grant, is education director for the Mineta Transportation Institute and teaches political science at San Jose State University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 410\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9.8 x 6.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 28, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47451984068786,"sku":"9780765635976","price":124.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/27e843e20bf08af940dcc8c75e75eb87.webp?v=1778805114","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/projecting-politics-political-messages-in-american-films-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}