Preface. Introduction Part 1: Political Ideology and Movie Narrative 1. Who’s Running this Show?: Ideology, Formula and Hegemony in American Film and Television John G. Cawelti 2. Film, Politics, and Ideology: Toward a Multiperspectival Film Theory Douglas Keller Part 2: Political Myth in the Movies 3. The Prices of Power: Women’s Depictions in Film June Sochen 4. Leatherstocking in ‘Nam: Rambo, Platoon, and the American Frontier Myth Harold Schechter and Joanna G. Semeiks Part 3: Political History and Movie Culture 5. "Grief in the Limelight": Al Capone, Howard Hughes, the Hays Code and the Politics of the Unstable Text Richard Maltby 6. Designing Multi-Cultural America: Modern Movie Theatres and the Politics of Public Space 1920-1945 Lary May Part 4: Political Communication and the Movies 7. Politics and Auteurs: From Chaplin to Wajda Charles Maland 8. Political Propaganda in the Movies: A Typology Dan Nimmo. Afterword. Index. Film Index
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James E. Combs
