American Film and Society Since 1945

by Albert Auster and Leonard Quart

Although films rarely act as mirror reflections of everyday reality, they are, nevertheless, powerful cultural expressions of the dreams and desires of the American public. In the third edition of their seminal work, Leonard Quart and Albert Auster provide a complete post-World War II survey of American cinema and its often complex and contradictory values. From the self-confident affirmations of the immediate postwar era, through the social and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275967433
• ISBN13: 9780275967437
• Release Date: December 2001
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"