000			01457 a2200217 4500
003			OSt
020			_a9780719082986
040			_cIIT Kanpur
041			_aeng
082			_a791.436581 _bB38c
100			_aBeasley, Chris
245			_aThe cultural politics of contemporary hollywood film _bpower, culture, and society _cChris Beasley and Heather Brook
260			_bManchester University Press _c2019 _aManchester
300			_axi, 367p
520			_aAdopting and developing a ‘cultural politics’ approach, this comprehensive study explores how Hollywood movies generate and reflect political myths about social and personal life that profoundly influence how we understand power relations. Instead of looking at genre, it employs three broad categories of film. ‘Security’ films present ideas concerning public order and disorder, citizen–state relations and the politics of fear. ‘Relationalities’ films highlight personal and intimate politics, bringing norms about identities, gender and sexuality into focus. In ‘socially critical’ films, particular issues and ideas are endowed with more overtly political significance. The book considers these categories as global political technologies implicated in hegemonic and ‘soft power’ relations whose reach is both deep and broad.
650			_aMotion pictures
650			_aPolitics in motion pictures
650			_aUnited States
700			_aBrook, Heather
942			_cBK
999			_c565365 _d565365