Movies, Myth, & the National Security State

by Dan O'Meara

While analysts may agree that Hollywood movies have always both mirrored and helped to shape the tenor of their times, the question remains: Just how do they do it? And beyond that, how do we identify the political/ideological content of any film? The authors of Movies, Myth, and the National Security State offer answers to these questions, exploring how Hollywood movies have functioned to propagate, or to debate, or sometimes to contest the evolving...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1626374597
• ISBN13: 9781626374591
• Release Date: February 2016
• Publisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers
• Length: 293 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.