Colonial adventure films of the early 1960s -- Westerns of the early 1960s -- Spotlighting decolonization : the United States and Britain -- Spotlighting decolonization : France -- The anti-colonialist turn in Europe -- The anti-colonialist turn in Hollywood -- Revisionist westerns, 1967-1973 -- Fra...

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Main Author:	Cowans, Jon 1958- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York Routledge [2019]
Series:	The Routledge global 1960s and 1970s series
Subjects:	Imperialism in motion pictures Postcolonialism in motion pictures Culture in motion pictures Motion pictures / United States / History / 20th century Motion pictures / France / History / 20th century Motion pictures / Great Britain / History / 20th century Motion pictures / Europe / History / 20th century
Summary:	Colonial adventure films of the early 1960s -- Westerns of the early 1960s -- Spotlighting decolonization : the United States and Britain -- Spotlighting decolonization : France -- The anti-colonialist turn in Europe -- The anti-colonialist turn in Hollywood -- Revisionist westerns, 1967-1973 -- France and the second Algeria cycle, 1970-1973 "Relations between Western nations and their colonial subjects changed dramatically in the second half of the twentieth century. As nearly all of the West's colonies gained their independence by 1975, attitudes toward colonialism in the West also changed, and terms such as empire and colonialism, once used with pride, became strongly negative. While colonialism has become discredited, precisely when or how that happened remains unclear. This book explores changing Western attitudes toward colonialism and decolonization by analyzing American, British, and French popular cinema and its reception from 1960 to 1973"--
Item Description:	Literaturangaben
Physical Description:	292 Seiten
ISBN:	9780367074913