The American Civil War on Film and TV

The American Civil War on Film and TV
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Total Pages : 271
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ISBN-10 : 149856688X
ISBN-13 : 9781498566889
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Book Synopsis The American Civil War on Film and TV by : Douglas Brode

Download or read book The American Civil War on Film and TV written by Douglas Brode and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whether on the big screen or small, films featuring the American Civil War have provided the setting, ideologies, and character archetypes for cinematic narratives of morality, race, gender, and nation. Nineteen essays explore all these issues; spanning a wide range of films, from the silent era to the present, as well as several television mini-series, this volume provides a critical conversation about the Civil War on film.


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