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Sensing the past : Hollywood stars and historical visions
- Title
- Sensing the past : Hollywood stars and historical visions / Jim Cullen.
- Author
- Cullen, Jim, 1962-
- Publication
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.
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Details
- Description
- x, 252 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-236) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: John Wayne's threshold -- Tending to the flock: Clint Eastwood, ambivalent wanderer -- Master narrative: U.S. history as a struggle over 'and for' small communities -- Shooting star: Daniel Day Lewis and the persistent significance of the frontier in American history -- Master narrative: U.S. history as the rise and fall of rugged individualists -- Equal work: the mystique of Meryl Streep -- Master narrative: U.S. history as a journey for women from private to public -- Rising sons: Denzel Washington, affirmative actor -- Master narrative: U.S. history an intergenerational family drama -- Team player: Tom Hanks, company man -- Master narrative: U.S. history as a saga of collective enterprise -- The brave one: Jodie Foster, (American) loner -- Master narrative: U.S. history as a pilgrim's progress -- Conclusion: sensing the present.
- Call Number
- MFL 13-2398
- ISBN
- 9780199927647
- 0199927642
- 9780199927661
- 0199927669
- LCCN
- 2012014442
- OCLC
- 792941495
- Author
- Cullen, Jim, 1962-
- Title
- Sensing the past : Hollywood stars and historical visions / Jim Cullen.
- Imprint
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-236) and index.
- Research Call Number
- MFL 13-2398