The American Civil War On Film And Tv
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The American Civil War On Film And Tv
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Author : Douglas Brode
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017
The American Civil War On Film And Tv written by Douglas Brode and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with Social Science categories.
Whether on the big screen or small, films featuring the American Civil War have provided the setting, ideologies, and character archetypes for cinematic narratives of morality, race, gender, and nation. Nineteen essays explore all these issues; spanning a wide range of films, from the silent era to the present, as well as several television mini-series, this volume provides a critical conversation about the Civil War on film.
The Reel Civil War
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Author : Bruce Chadwick
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2009-08-19
The Reel Civil War written by Bruce Chadwick and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-08-19 with Performing Arts categories.
During the late nineteenth century, magazines, newspapers, novelists, and even historians presented a revised version of the Civil War that, intending to reconcile the former foes, downplayed the issues of slavery and racial injustice, and often promoted and reinforced the worst racial stereotypes. The Reel Civil War tells the history of how these misrepresentations of history made their way into movies. More than 800 films have been made about the Civil War. Citing such classics as Birth of a Nation and Gone With the Wind as well as many other films, Bruce Chadwick shows how most of them have, until recently, projected an image of gallant soldiers, beautiful belles, sprawling plantations, and docile or dangerous slaves. He demonstrates how the movies aided and abetted racism and an inaccurate view of American history, providing a revealing and important account of the power of cinema to shape our understanding of historical truth.
The Civil War On Film
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Author : Peg A. Lamphier
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2020-10-01
The Civil War On Film written by Peg A. Lamphier and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-01 with History categories.
The Civil War on Film will inform high school and college readers interested in Civil War film history on issues that arise when film viewers confuse entertainment with historical accuracy. The nation's years of civil war were painful, destructive, and unpleasant. Yet war films tend to embrace mythologies that erase that historical reality, romanticizing the Civil War. The editors of this volume have little patience for any argument that implies race-based slavery isn't an entirely repugnant economic, political, and cultural institution and that the people who fought to preserve slavery were fighting for a glorious and admirable cause. To that end, The Civil War on Film will open with a timeline and introduction and then explore ten films across decades of cinema history in ten chapters, from Birth of a Nation, which debuted in 1915, to The Free State of Jones, which debuted one hundred and one years later. It will also analyze and critique the myriad of mythologies and ideologies which appear in American Civil War films, including Lost Cause ideation, Black Confederate fictions, Northern Aggression mythologies, and White Savior tropes. It will also suggest the way particular films mirror the time in which they were written and filmed. Further resources will close the volume.
The American Civil War On Film And Tv
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Author : Douglas Brode
language : en
Publisher: Lexington Books
Release Date : 2017-10-05
The American Civil War On Film And Tv written by Douglas Brode and has been published by Lexington Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-05 with Social Science categories.
In The American Civil War on Film and TV: Blue and Gray in Black and White and Color, Douglas Brode, Shea T. Brode, and Cynthia J. Miller bring together nineteen essays by a diverse array of scholars to explore issues of morality, race, gender, nation, and history in films and television shows featuring the American Civil War.
Ken Burns S The Civil War
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Author : Robert Brent Toplin
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 1996
Ken Burns S The Civil War written by Robert Brent Toplin and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996 with Civil War (Television Program) categories.
This book includes critical essays on Burns's documentary series about the Civil War. The essayists discuss Burns's work, the ways in which television shows history, and the Civil War itself.--adapted from back cover.
The Civil War
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Author : Geoffrey C. Ward
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2009-02-04
The Civil War written by Geoffrey C. Ward and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-02-04 with History categories.
Based on the celebrated PBS television series about the men and women who lived through the cataclysmic trial of our nationhood—the complete text of the magisterial illustrated work of history that The New York Times hailed as "a treasure for the eye and mind." "The Civil War defined us as what we are and it opened us to being what we became, good and bad things.... It was the crossroads of our being, and it was a hell of a crossroads: the suffering, the enormous tragedy of the whole thing." —Shelby Foote, from The Civil War Now Geoffrey Ward's magisterial work of history is available in a text-only edition that interweaves the author's narrative with the voices of the men and women who lived through the cataclysmic trial of our nationhood: not just Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and Robert E. Lee, but genteel Southern ladies and escaped slaves, cavalry officers and common foot soldiers who fought in Yankee blue and Rebel gray. The Civil War also includes essays by our most distinguished historians of the era: Don E. Fehrenbacher, on the war's origins; Barbara J. Fields, on the freeing of the slaves; Shelby Foote, on the war's soldiers and commanders; James M. McPherson, on the political dimensions of the struggle; and C. Vann Woodward, assessing the America that emerged from the war's ashes.
Shooting The Civil War
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Author : Jenny Barrett
language : en
Publisher: I.B. Tauris
Release Date : 2009-02-28
Shooting The Civil War written by Jenny Barrett and has been published by I.B. Tauris this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-02-28 with Performing Arts categories.
No fewer than seven hundred Civil War films have been made by Hollywood from early silent days to the present, from the epoch-making "Birth of a Nation", through "The Red Badge of Courage" and "Gone With the Wind" to the recent "Glory", "Ride with the Devil" and "Cold Mountain". This readable and innovative book on the American Civil War as presented in Hollywood cinema goes deep into the best of these films, arguing that rather than belonging to a single genre, Civil War films are to be found across genres, as domestic melodramas, Westerns or combat films for example. As such, they have fresh insights to give into the war and into America's sense of itself."Shooting the Civil War" shows how these films create an American ancestor who is blameless and undertakes a process of reinscription into the American historical family. It also makes the remarkable revelation that no Civil War film yet made has had a central black character who survives the war, fathers the children of the future, and can stand as representative of the whole American people. To this extent, the book is saying, the Civil War remains a work in progress.
Reel Civil War Mythmaking In American Film
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Author : Bruce Chadwick
language : en
Publisher: Turtleback Books
Release Date : 2002-12
Reel Civil War Mythmaking In American Film written by Bruce Chadwick and has been published by Turtleback Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-12 with Performing Arts categories.
In this landmark study, cultural historian Bruce Chadwick traces the ways in which American film -- including such classics as Birth of a Nation and Gone With the Wind -- has consistently misrepresented history.The Civil War has been depicted on film more than any other event in American history. But until recently the war itself was more often portrayed as a misunderstanding between gentlemen than as the great national cataclysm it was. Movie after movie has diminished or ignored the impact of slavery and romanticized the cause of the Confederacy. Revealing how these distortions became accepted as essentially true by an ill-informed public, this is a fascinating portrait of the power of film to shape our understanding of history, sure to appeal to film and history buffs alike.
The American Civil War And The Hollywood War Film
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Author : John Trafton
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2016-04-29
The American Civil War And The Hollywood War Film written by John Trafton and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-29 with Social Science categories.
Throughout film history, war films have been in constant dialogue with both previous depictions of war and contemporary debates and technology. War films remember older war film cycles and draw upon the resources of the present day to say something new about the nature of war. The American Civil War was viscerally documented through large-scale panorama paintings, still photography, and soldier testimonials, leaving behind representational principles that would later inform the development of the war film genre from the silent era up to the present. This book explores how each of these representational modes cemented different formulas for providing war stories with emotional content.
Why We Fought
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Author : Peter C. Rollins
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Release Date : 2008-07-25
Why We Fought written by Peter C. Rollins and has been published by University Press of Kentucky this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-07-25 with Performing Arts categories.
A “wide-ranging and sophisticated anthology” comparing theaters of war to wars in the movie theater (Dennis Showalter, author of Patton and Rommel). Why We Fought makes a powerful case that film can be as valuable a tool as primary documents for improving our understanding of the causes and consequences of war. A comprehensive look at war films, from depictions of the American Revolution to portrayals of September 11 and its aftermath, this volume contrasts recognized history and historical fiction with the versions appearing on the big screen. The text considers a selection of the pivotal war films of all time, including All Quiet on the Western Front, Sands of Iwo Jima, Apocalypse Now, Platoon, and Saving Private Ryan—revealing how film depictions of the country’s wars have shaped our values, politics, and culture, and offering a unique lens through which to view American history. Named as a Choice Outstanding Academic Title