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BL
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841014
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Grist, Leighton
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| Title & Author
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Fascism and millennial American cinema /\ Leighton Grist.
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| Publication Statement
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London :: Palgrave Macmillan,, 2018.
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1 online resource
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| ISBN
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1137595663
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: 9781137595669
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1137595655
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9781137595652
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction : fascism and American cinema -- Skinheads, racism, (neo- )Nazism and the family -- Patriots and militias, fascism and the state -- A (fascist) new world order / a (fascistically contested) new world order -- The Übermensch, its avatars and the ordinary -- Conclusion : the world turns.
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This book examines a spate of American films released around the turn of the millennium that differently address the actuality or possibility of domestic fascism within the USA. The films discussed span a diversity of forms, genres and production practices, and encompass low- and medium-budget studio and independent releases (such as American History X, Stir of Echoes and The Believer), star and/or auteur vehicles (such as The Siege, Fight Club and American Beauty), and high-budget, high-concept science-fiction films and franchises (such as Starship Troopers, Minority Report, the Matrix and X-Men trilogies and the Star Wars prequels). Central to the book is the detailed analysis of the films, which is contextualized historically in relation to a period that saw the significant rise of the far Right. The book concordantly affords a wider insight into fascism and its various manifestations and how such have been, and continue to be, registered within American cinema.
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Fascism and motion pictures-- United States.
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Fascism in motion pictures.
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Motion pictures-- Social aspects-- United States.
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Motion pictures-- United States-- History.
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Cultural studies.
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Fascism and motion pictures.
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Fascism in motion pictures.
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Films, cinema.
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Motion pictures-- Social aspects.
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Motion pictures.
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PERFORMING ARTS-- Reference.
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Politics government.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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791.430973
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| LC Classification
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PN1993.5.U6G75 2018
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