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Hollywood Knights: Arthurian Cinema and the Politics of Nostalgia (Arthurian and Courtly Cultures)

Susan Aronstein

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Description:Hollywood Knights examines Hollywood Arthuriana as political nostalgia offered to American viewers during times of cultural crisis: the red scare of the 1950s, the breakdown of traditional authority in the 1960s and 1970s, the turn to the right in the 1980s and the redemption of masculine and national authority in the 1990s. Its analysis of these films explores their proposal of an ideal past - an Americanized Camelot and a democratized chivalry - as the solution to the problems of a troubled present, a solution that will ensure prosperity in the homeland and a globally beneficial American authority abroad. Movies discussed include The Knights of the Round Table, The Sword in the Stone, Camelot, the Star Wars and Indiana Jones trilogies, Excalibur, and The Fisher King.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Hollywood Knights: Arthurian Cinema and the Politics of Nostalgia (Arthurian and Courtly Cultures). To get started finding Hollywood Knights: Arthurian Cinema and the Politics of Nostalgia (Arthurian and Courtly Cultures), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Hollywood Knights examines Hollywood Arthuriana as political nostalgia offered to American viewers during times of cultural crisis: the red scare of the 1950s, the breakdown of traditional authority in the 1960s and 1970s, the turn to the right in the 1980s and the redemption of masculine and national authority in the 1990s. Its analysis of these films explores their proposal of an ideal past - an Americanized Camelot and a democratized chivalry - as the solution to the problems of a troubled present, a solution that will ensure prosperity in the homeland and a globally beneficial American authority abroad. Movies discussed include The Knights of the Round Table, The Sword in the Stone, Camelot, the Star Wars and Indiana Jones trilogies, Excalibur, and The Fisher King.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Hollywood Knights: Arthurian Cinema and the Politics of Nostalgia (Arthurian and Courtly Cultures). To get started finding Hollywood Knights: Arthurian Cinema and the Politics of Nostalgia (Arthurian and Courtly Cultures), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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