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EBOOK Hollywood Left and Right:How Movie Stars Shaped American Politics
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Wydawnictwo: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199911431
EAN: 83CB7006EB
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Stron: 512
Data wydania: 2011
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In Hollywood Left and Right, Steven J. Ross tells a story that has escaped public        attention: the emergence of Hollywood as a vital center of political life and the        important role that movie stars have played in shaping the course of American        politics.Ever since the film industry relocated to Hollywood early in the twentieth        century, it has had an outsized influence on American politics. Through compelling        larger-than-life figures in American cinema--Charlie Chaplin, Louis B. Mayer, Edward        G. Robinson, George Murphy, Ronald Reagan, Harry Belafonte, Jane Fonda, Charlton        Heston, Warren Beatty, and Arnold Schwarzenegger--Hollywood Left and Right reveals        how the film industry's engagement in politics has been longer, deeper, and more        varied than most people would imagine. As shown in alternating chapters, the Left        and the Right each gained ascendancy in Tinseltown at different times. From Chaplin,        whose movies almost always displayed his leftist convictions, to Schwarzenegger's        nearly seamless transition from action blockbusters to the California governor's        mansion, Steven J. Ross traces the intersection of Hollywood and political activism        from the early twentieth century to the present.Hollywood Left and Right challenges        the commonly held belief that Hollywood has always been a bastion of liberalism. The        real story, as Ross shows in this passionate and entertaining work, is far more        complicated. First, Hollywood has a longer history of conservatism than liberalism.          Second, and most surprising, while the Hollywood Left was usually more vocal and        visible, the Right had a greater impact on American political life, capturing a        senate seat (Murphy), a governorship (Schwarzenegger), and the ultimate achievement,        the Presidency (Reagan).

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