{"product_id":"movies-and-american-society-9780470673645","title":"Movies and American Society","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe second edition of \u003ci\u003eMovies and American Society\u003c\/i\u003e is a comprehensive collection of essays and primary documents that explore the ways in which movies have changed--and been changed by--American society from 1905 to the present.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eEach chapter includes an introduction, discussion questions, an essay examining the issues of the period, primary documents, and a list of further reading and screenings\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes a new chapter on \"American Film in the Age of Terror\" and new essays for Chapter 9 (\"Race, Violence, and Film\") and Chapter 13 (\"Hollywood Goes Global\"), as well as updated Reading and Screenings sections\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscusses all the major periods in American film history from the first nickelodeons to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the globalization of Hollywood\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDemonstrates the unique influence of movies on all aspects of American culture, from ideology, politics, and gender to class, war, and race relations\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEngaging and accessible for students, with jargon-free essays and primary documents that show social practices and controversies as well as the fun and cultural influence of movies and movie-going\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSteven J. Ross\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of History at the University of Southern California. He is co-director of the Los Angeles Institute for the Humanities and author of \u003ci\u003eWorkers On the Edge: Work, Leisure, and Politics in Industrializing Cincinnati, 1788-1890\u003c\/i\u003e (1985), \u003ci\u003eWorking-Class Hollywood: Silent Film and the Shaping of Class in America\u003c\/i\u003e (1998), and \u003ci\u003eHollywood Left and Right: How Movie Stars Shaped American Politics\u003c\/i\u003e (2011). Ross is the recipient of the Theater Library Association Book Award and a Film Scholars Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50503385645330,"sku":"9780470673645","price":74.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a7f22cbd-1395-4f35-b7d0-aff2546babdc.jpg?v=1730790028","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/movies-and-american-society-9780470673645","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}