Alan Nadel
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Flatlining on the Field of Dreams
Cultural Narratives in the Films of President Reagan's America
By Alan Nadel
Rutgers University Press
Identifying narratives of gender, race and masculinity that defined Reagan's America, this text provides demonstrations of the synergy between polital history and popular culture. Films discussed include "Home Alone", "Beetlejuice", "Working Girl", "Trading Places and "The Little Mermaid". Texts are analysed through a variety of approaches, providing an overview of 1980s Hollywood output.
- Copyright year: 1997
Demographic Angst
Cultural Narratives and American Films of the 1950s
By Alan Nadel
Rutgers University Press
Alan Nadel explores influential non-fiction books, magazine articles, and public documents to demonstrate how films such as Singin’ in the Rain, On the Waterfront, Sunset Boulevard, Roman Holiday, North by Northwest, and Sayonara, negotiated anxieties over the changes impelled by postwar America’s radically reconfigured population.
- Copyright year: 2017
Mission Unaccomplished
American War Films in the Twenty-First Century
By Alan Nadel
University of Texas Press
An analysis of how post-9/11 war movies changed from following soldiers on specific missions to chronicling war as a day-to-day occupation.
- Copyright year: 2025
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