Seeing Is Believing : How Hollywood Taught Us to Stop Worrying and Love the Fifties

Seeing Is Believing : How Hollywood Taught Us to Stop Worrying and Love the Fifties

Seeing Is Believing : How Hollywood Taught Us to Stop Worrying and Love the Fifties

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"Nothing escapes Peter Biskind and he is very funny. His book is indispensable reading for anyone interested in American cinema or recent American history."--Michael Wood, author of America in the Movies

"A brilliant and imaginative analysis of the political and sexual crosscurrents of the fifties in the movies."--Barbara Ehrenreich, author of Blood Rites

Seeing Is Believing : How Hollywood Taught Us to Stop Worrying and Love the Fifties,Peter Biskind,Owl Books,0805065636,Film & Video - History & Criticism,Film - History & Criticism,History,Motion pictures,Performing Arts/Dance,Political aspects,Pop Arts / Pop Culture,Popular Culture - General,United States,United States - 20th Century/50s,History / General

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