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Nationalism and the cinema in France : political mythologies and film events, 1945-1995 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Frey, Hugo
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Berghahn Books, 2014.
Subjects:
Motion pictures > France > History > 20th century.
Motion pictures > Political aspects > France > History > 20th century.
Nationalism in motion pictures.
Patriotism in motion pictures.
History.
1900 - 1999
Motion pictures.
Motion pictures > Political aspects.
France.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: from international "high art" to the Parisian political melee
  • The cinema of self-promotion: patriotic subtexts in "films about films"
  • The search for national unity through history
  • The representation of a modern chic people
  • A paradox in anti-Americanism: public protest and on screen ambiguity
  • The maintenance of neo-colonial attitudes
  • The persistence of anti-semitism
  • The cinema and the extreme right-wing undercurrent
  • Conclusion.