Fascism and Millennial American Cinema
This book examines a spate of American films released around the turn of the millennium that differently address the actuality or possibility of domestic fascism within the USA. The films discussed span a diversity of forms, genres and production practices, and encompass low- and medium-budget studi...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Palgrave Macmillan UK,
2018.
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2018. |
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| ISBN: | 9781137595669 |
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| Summary: | This book examines a spate of American films released around the turn of the millennium that differently address the actuality or possibility of domestic fascism within the USA. The films discussed span a diversity of forms, genres and production practices, and encompass low- and medium-budget studio and independent releases (such as American History X, Stir of Echoes and The Believer), star and/or auteur vehicles (such as The Siege, Fight Club and American Beauty), and high-budget, high-concept science-fiction films and franchises (such as Starship Troopers, Minority Report, the Matrix and X-Men trilogies and the Star Wars prequels). Central to the book is the detailed analysis of the films, which is contextualized historically in relation to a period that saw the significant rise of the far Right. The book concordantly affords a wider insight into fascism and its various manifestations and how such have been, and continue to be, registered within American cinema. . |
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| Item Description: | Literature, Cultural and Media Studies |
| Physical Description: | IX, 242 p. online resource. |
| ISBN: | 9781137595669 |