Sensing the Past : Hollywood Stars and Historical Visions
ISBN: 9780199927661 | 0199927669
Format: PaperbackPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pub. Date: 1/9/2013
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How do perceptions of the past--not just of particular events, but of the trajectory of history as a whole--shape our experience of the world? To answer this (and other) questions, Jim Cullen looks closely at the work of what might be considered an unlikely source of historical insight--the work of six major Hollywood stars. Indeed, Cullen offers a fascinating portrait of pivotal movements that have shaped our history as reflected in the work of Clint Eastwood, Daniel Day-Lewis,Denzel Washington, Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep, and Jodie Foster. By fo... MORE
| Introduction | |
| Tending to the Flock: Clint Eastwood, Ambivalent Wanderer | |
| Daniel Day-Lewis and the Frontier in American History | |
| Equal Work: The Mystique of Meryl Streep | |
| Denzel Washington, Affirmative Actor | |
| Team Player: Tom Hanks, Company Man | |
| The Brave One: Jodie Foster, American Loner | |
| Index | |
| Table of Contents provided by Publishe... MORE |
Jim Cullen teaches history at the Ethical Culture Fieldston School in New York City. He is the author of The American Dream: A Short History of an Idea that Shaped a Nation, Born in the U.S.A.: Bruce Springsteen and the American Tradition, and other books. Cullen is also a book review editor at the History News Network. He lives in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York.
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