ENGLISH

Presidents in the Movies: American History and Politics on Screen (The Evolving American Presidency)

By Iwan W. Morgan

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2011
ISBN
0230113281, 9780230113282
LCC
PN1995.9.P678 P65 2011
Open Library ID
OL24881550M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (3849654 bytes)
Series
The Evolving American Presidency
Pages
209\209
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00

Description

Cinematic depictions of real U.S. presidents from Abraham Lincoln to George W. Bush explore how Hollywood movies represent American history and politics on screen. Morgan and his contributors show how films blend myth and reality to present a positive message about presidents as the epitome of America’s values and idealism until unpopular foreign wars in Vietnam and Iraq led to a darker portrayal of the imperial presidency, operated by Richard Nixon and Bush 43. This exciting new collection further considers how Hollywood has continually reinterpreted historically significant presidents, notably Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, and Franklin D. Roosevelt, to fit the times in which movies about them were made.

Similar books