Charlie Chaplin was considered a radical by both his friends and his enemies as he took left wing positions on everything from the New Deal and Spain, to the USSR and the Cold War, and McCarthyism. This book examines his life in a sociohistorical context and to foreground the radicalism in both his politics and his art. Heather A. Kiernan brings to light Chaplin's experience as Hollywood's lone radical in the early part of this century, and how he influenced other left wing artists in the middle of the century during the heyday of Hollywood leftism.
- ISBN10 0333915089
- ISBN13 9780333915080
- Publish Date 22 December 2000
- Publish Status Cancelled
- Out of Print 19 December 2006
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Palgrave Macmillan
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 256
- Language English