The Films of the Nineties: The Decade of Spin

by W. Palmer

Overview

By breaking down classic films from the nineteen-nineties such as Forest Gump and Titanic, this book offers a reel-to-reel cultural analysis, chronicling the concept of 'spin' as a major sociopolitical persuasion strategy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780230613447
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date:	03/24/2009
Edition description:	2009
Pages:	254
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

WILLIAM J. PALMER is Professor of Literature and Film in the English Department at Perdue University, USA.

Table of Contents

Hollywood and History The New Historicist Films The Decade of Spin The Politics of Spin The American President Spin Out: The Gay Nineties Sex and the Nineties Neo-Spin Spinning into the Millenium

Editorial Reviews

"This book contains terrific lists of films collected under key thematic headings - history films, films about politics, about sex, about spin. As a dazzling representation of spin, Wag the Dog (1997), according to Palmer, "may be the decade-defining film of the nineties." Bolstered by postmodern theory, the "spin" thesis is interesting, and descriptions of individual films are illuminating." - Choice

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