{"product_id":"american-cinema-of-the-1990s-themes-and-variations-paperback-softback-9780813543666","title":"American Cinema of the 1990s; Themes and Variations (Paperback \/ softback) 9780813543666","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAmerican Cinema of the 1990s\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThemes and Variations\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eChris Holmlund (Edited by), Krin Gabbard (Contributions by), Chris Holmlund (Contributions by), Linda Mizejewski (Contributions by), Sharon Willis (Contributions by), Amy Villarejo (Contributions by), Chuck Kleinhans (Contributions by), Diane Waldman (Contributions by), Timothy Shary (Contributions by), Debra White-Stanley (Contributions by), Caryl Flinn (Contributions by), José Capino (Contributions by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780813543666\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 October 2008\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e304 pages, 33\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.6 x 1.8 cm, 0.426 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“There is nothing like this series. Screen Decades firmly situates American cinema in the realms of material culture, popular culture, cultural narrative, reception analysis, and industrial history.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e (American Quarterly) \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“There is nothing like this series. Screen Decades firmly situates American cinema in the realms of material culture, popular culture, cultural narrative, reception analysis, and industrial history.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e (American Quarterly)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eWith the U.S. economy booming under President Bill Clinton and the cold war finally over, many Americans experienced peace and prosperity in the nineties. Digital technologies gained popularity, with nearly one billion people online by the end of the decade. The film industry wondered what the effect on cinema would be.\u003cp\u003eThe essays in \u003ci\u003eAmerican Cinema of the 1990s\u003c\/i\u003e examine the big-budget blockbusters and critically acclaimed independent films that defined the decade. The 1990s' most popular genre, action, channeled anxieties about global threats such as AIDS and foreign terrorist attacks into escapist entertainment movies. Horror films and thrillers were on the rise, but family-friendly pictures and feel-good romances netted big audiences too. Meanwhile, independent films captured hearts, engaged minds, and invaded Hollywood: by decade's end every studio boasted its own \"art film\" affiliate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eMovies and the off-white gangster \/ Linda Mizejewski\u003cbr\u003e Movies and wayward images \/ Sharon Willis\u003cbr\u003e Movies and the politics of authorship \/ Amy Villarejo\u003cbr\u003e Movies and the new economics of blockbusters and indies \/ Chuck Kleinhans\u003cbr\u003e Movies and partisan politics \/ Diane Waldman\u003cbr\u003e Movies, teens, tots, and tech \/ Tim Shary\u003cbr\u003e Movies and homeland insecurity \/ Debra White-Stanley and Caryl Flinn\u003cbr\u003e Movies and the usable past \/ José B. Capino\u003cbr\u003e Movies, dying fathers, and a few survivors \/ Krin Gabbard\u003cbr\u003e Movies and millennial masculinity \/ Chris Holmlund\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52739352658200,"sku":"9780813543666","price":24.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/american-cinema-of-the-1990s-themes-and-variations-paperback-softback-9780813543666","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}