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Author Forster, Douglas E., author.

Title Deconstructing Reaganism : an analysis of American fantasy films / by Douglas E. Forster.

Publication Info. Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014.

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Summary As in so many other areas of American society, the political legacy of Ronald Reagan had an imposing presence in many contemporary American films, particularly between 1980 and 2000. Six films, which collectively represent the spectrum of Reaganism's most popular tropes, demonstrate quite compellingly that in celebrating nostalgically the blissful pleasantries of family stability and social order so essential to Reagan's political philosophy, an unsettling and unsatisfying mythology has been ...
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CONCLUSION; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
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Subject Reagan, Ronald -- History -- 20th century.
Reagan, Ronald.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Motion pictures -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Motion pictures.
United States.
Popular culture -- Political aspects -- United States.
Popular culture -- Political aspects.
Films, cinema.
Film theory & criticism.
Film: styles & genres.
HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
Popular culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Forster, Douglas E. Deconstructing reaganism 1443858889 (OCoLC)880243646
ISBN 9781443860772 (electronic book)
1443860778 (electronic book)
1306858747 (e-book)
9781306858748 (e-book)
1443858889
9781443858885