Gaylyn Studlar
Flickers of Desire
Movie Stars of the 1910s
- Copyright year: 2011
Titanic
Anatomy of a Blockbuster
- Copyright year: 1999
Mob Culture
Hidden Histories of the American Gangster Film
Mob Culture offers a long-awaited, fresh look at the American gangster film, exposing its hidden histories from the Black Hand gangs of the early twentieth century to The Sopranos. Departing from traditional approaches that have typically focused on the "nature" of the gangster, the editors have collected essays that engage the larger question of how the meaning of criminality has changed over time. Grouped into three thematic sections, the essays examine gangster films through the lens of social, gender, and racial/ethnic issues.
- Copyright year: 2005
From Hanoi to Hollywood
The Vietnam War in American Film
The essays in this volume deal with representations of the Vietnam war in documentary film and television reporting, examining the ways the power of film is used to deliver political messages. There are surprises here, new readings, and important insights on the ways we as a society have attempted to come to terms with the experiences of the Vietnam era. The book also contains two appendixes-a detailed chronology charting the relationship between major historical events and the release of American war films from 1954 through 1988, and a filmography listing information on over four hundred American and foreign films about the Vietnam War.
- Copyright year: 1990
Visions of the East
Orientalism in Film
- Copyright year: 1997