Camera Politica: The Politics and Ideology of Contemporary Hollywood Film

by Michael Ryan and Douglas Kellner

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" a modern mythography, a study of contemporary Hollywood films based on the tools offered by feminism, psychoanalysis, Marxist cultural theory, and deconstruction." -Village Voice

"Solidly thought-out observation of the films of the 70's and 80's that comment on the system." -Audience

" . . . intelligent, open advocacy. Its responsible arrangement of carefully described cultural materials will challenge students and instructors alike." -Teaching Philosophy

Camera Politica is a comprehensive study of Hollywood film during a period of tremendous change in American history, a period that witnessed the end of the American empire, crises in the economy, a failure of political leadership, loss at war, and the rise of the Right.

  • ISBN10 0253313341
  • ISBN13 9780253313348
  • Publish Date 1 June 1988
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 11 July 2009
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Indiana University Press
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 346
  • Language English