Movies as politics /

Rosenbaum, Jonathan, 1943-

Movies as politics / Jonathan Rosenbaum. - Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, c1997. - xi, 359 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. The politics of form:Language, representation, narrative --
Utopian space and urban encounters --
Chance and control --
Classification and genre: musical ghettos --
2. Entertainment as oppression: the Hollywood apparatus --
3. Issues of ideology:Alternatives --
Political subjects --
Other cinemas --
Alternate histories.

This collection of reviews and essays focuses on the political and social dynamics of the contemporary movie scene. It explores the many links between film and our ideological identities as individuals and as society.

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Motion pictures--Political aspects.
Cine --Aspectos políticos

PN 1995.9 / R813m 1997

791.43/658