{"product_id":"american-cinema-of-the-2000s-themes-and-variations-paperback-softback-9780813552828","title":"American Cinema of the 2000s; Themes and Variations (Paperback \/ softback) 9780813552828","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAmerican Cinema of the 2000s\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\"\u003eTimothy Corrigan (Edited by), Timothy Corrigan (Contributions by), Anna Everett (Contributions by), Sharon Willis (Contributions by), Thomas Schatz (Contributions by), Linda Ruth Williams (Contributions by), Dina Smith (Contributions by), Bob Rehak (Contributions by), Nora Alter (Contributions by), Nigel Morris (Contributions by), Karen Beckman (Contributions by), Dana Polan (Contributions by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780813552828\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 April 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e270 pages, 33 photographs\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.6 x 2 cm, 0.513 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. \u003ci\u003eScreen Decades\u003c\/i\u003e 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\"Corrigan offers ten essays that chronologically define the major historical events of the past decade and reveal how popular cinema can reflect cultural change. This is a thoughtful, probing look into recent history, a book that can serve as an effective primary or supplemental text for classes in media studies or interdisciplinary classes combining history, media, and social studies. Recommended.\"\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e (Choice)\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\n\u003cp\u003eThe decade from 2000 to 2009 is framed, at one end, by the traumatic catastrophe of the 9\/11 attacks on the World Trade Center and, at the other, by the election of the first African American president of the United States. In between, the United States and the world witnessed the rapid expansion of new media and the Internet, such natural disasters as Hurricane Katrina, political uprisings around the world, and a massive meltdown of world economies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAmid these crises and revolutions, American films responded in multiple ways, sometimes directly reflecting these turbulent times, and sometimes indirectly couching history in traditional genres and stories. In \u003ci\u003eAmerican Cinema of the 2000s\u003c\/i\u003e, essays from ten top film scholars examine such popular series as the groundbreaking \u003ci\u003eMatrix\u003c\/i\u003e films and the gripping adventures of former CIA covert operative Jason Bourne; new, offbeat films like \u003ci\u003eJuno\u003c\/i\u003e; and the resurgence of documentaries like Michael Moore’s \u003ci\u003eFahrenheit 9\/11\u003c\/i\u003e.  Each essay demonstrates the complex ways in which American culture and American cinema are bound together in subtle and challenging ways.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eAcknowledgments\u003cbr\u003eTimeline\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2000 Movies, Anti-Climaxes, and Disenchantments\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2001 Movies, Smart Films, and Dumb Stories\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2002 Movies and Melancholy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2003 Movies, “Shock and Awe,” and the Troubled Blockbuster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2004 Movies and Spectacle in a Political Year\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2005 Movies, Terror, and the American Family\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2006 Movies and Crisis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2007 Movies and the Art of Living Dangerously\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2008 Movies and a Hollywood Too Big to Fail\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2009 Movies, a Nation, and New Identities\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSelect Academy Awards, 2000–2009\u003cbr\u003eWorks Cited and Consulted\u003cbr\u003eContributors\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003cbr\u003e\n\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":52735372362008,"sku":"9780813552828","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/american-cinema-of-the-2000s-themes-and-variations-paperback-softback-9780813552828","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}