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Hollywood As Historian: American Film in a Cultural Context

Peter C. Rollins (Editor), Ray B. Browne (Foreword by)

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Examines sixteen major films to see how they treat sexism, racism, American history, mental illness, unions, nuclear war, and the Vietnam war

288 pages, Paperback

First published March 31, 1983
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Al Capwned
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October 20, 2016
Although this book can be quite an interesting read, it is a bit uneven from chapter to chapter. Some of them are mind-blown, some others are just trivial to readers who have an average knowledge of american cinema.
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