Visions of Empire

Visions of Empire

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Book Description
This volume explores film's function as a medium of political communication, recognizing not just the propaganda film, but the various ways that conventional narrative films embody, question, or critique established social values underlying American attitudes toward historical, social, and political events. Prince discusses Hollywood film productions of the 1980s in terms of salient political issues of the period, including anxieties about declining U.S. military power, the wars in Central America and the prospects for U.S. intervention, the legacy of the Vietnam War, and urban decay.

About the Author
STEPHEN PRINCE is Assistant Professor of Communication Studies at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

Visions of Empire,Stephen Prince,Praeger Paperback,0275936627,Communication,Film & Video - General,Language,Language Arts & Disciplines,Motion pictures,Politics in motion pictures,Pop Arts / Pop Culture,United States,Language Arts & Disciplines / Communication

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