The Films of the Eighties: A Social HistorySouthern Illinois University Press, 1993 - 335 pages In this remarkable sequel to his Films of the Seventies: A Social History, William J. Palmer examines more than three hundred films as texts that represent, revise, parody, comment upon, and generate discussion about major events, issues, and social trends of the eighties. Palmer defines the dialectic between film art and social history, taking as his theoretical model the "holograph of history" that originated from the New Historicist theories of Hayden White and Dominick LaCapra. Combining the interests and methodologies of social history and film criticism, Palmer contends that film is a socially conscious interpreter and commentator upon the issues of contemporary social history. In the eighties, such issues included the war in Vietnam, the preservation of the American farm, terrorism, nuclear holocaust, changes in Soviet-American relations, neoconservative feminism, and yuppies. Among the films Palmer examines are Platoon, The Killing Fields, The River, Out of Africa, Little Drummer Girl, Kiss of the Spiderwoman, Silkwood, The Day After, Red Dawn, Moscow on the Hudson, Troop Beverly Hills, and Fatal Attraction. Utilizing the principles of New Historicism, Palmer demonstrates that film can analyze and critique history as well as present it. |
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... ask to get a no by stepping into your ZOFO . For most of us , the ask that threatens a no inevitably lives in the ZOFO . And if what we want lives out there , how can we help ourselves wade out into that territory so we can make the asks ...
... Asks if the appointments of the late government had been ratified by the Imperial government . Ans . - No - 533 . Militia touring cars - Asks concerning pur- chases of cars by the militia depart- ment . Ans . - Information given - 4040 ...
... asks as, 39–41 leveraged, created by asking, 31 money as, 12 Organization, 87, 143 Over-asking the ask, 100 P identifying new potential supporters, 159–163 not knowing amount to ask for, 48–49 preparing for, 158 Planned Parenthood, xxiv ...
Contents
The Vietnam War as Film Text | 16 |
The Coming Home Films | 61 |
The Terrorism Film Texts | 114 |
Copyright | |
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