The American Civil War on film and TV : blue and gray in black and white and color /: blue and gray in black and white and color. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Douglas Brode, Shea T. Brode, and Cynthia J. Miller.
• Contents: Introduction: “Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory . . . ”: The Civil War in the American Popular Imagination ; Douglas Brode, Shea T. Brode, and Cynthia J. Miller; 1. America’s Civil War: Hollywood vs. History ; Earl E. Mulderink III ; 2. When Silence Was Golden: Civil War Films Before <span style="font-style:italic;">The Birth of a Nation ; Kayla McKinney Wiggins & Michael Wiggins; 3. Not a Lost Cause: the Civil War, Reconstruction, and Race Relations in <span style="font-style:italic;">The Birth of A Nation (1915) and <span style="font-style:italic;">Free State of Jones (2016) ; Sue Matheson; 4. Cornering the Last Rebel: The Confederate Soldier in American Film ; Paul Haspel; 5. Silent Comedy as Social Criticism: A Textual Analysis of <span style="font-style:italic;">The General (1926) ; Douglas Brode; 6. Screen Historian and American Myth Maker?: The Civil War According to John Ford ; Scott Allen Nollen, with Douglas Brode; 7. The North, the South; Black Folks, White Folks: Shirley Temple and Bill “Bojangles” Robinson ; Kathy Merlock Jackson and Ray Merlock; 8. Hidden Behind Hoopskirts: The Many Women of Hollywood’s Civil War ; Rosanne Welch ; 9. The Golden Age of Hollywood’s Belles: Is Tomorrow, After All, Another Day? ; <span style="tab-stops:left 36pt;">Biljana Oklopčić ; 10. Gender, War and Sisterhood in the Novel and Film Versions of Louisa May Alcott’s <span style="font-style:italic;">Little Women ; Fran Pheasant-Kelly; 11. Literary and Cinematic Canon Fire: John Huston's <span style="font-style:italic;">The Red Badge of Courage (1951) ; Guerric DeBona, OSB; 12. Adapting <span style="font-style:italic;">The Killer Angels : Historical Accuracy versus Poetic Vision in <span style="font-style:italic;">Gettysburg ; Peggy A. Russo; 13. Whiteness, Whiteness Everywhere: Walt Disney’s Civil War Productions ; Susan Aronstein and Jeanne Holland; 14. (Re-)Visionist History in Sergio Leone’s (De-)Mythologized Old West: The Civil War, Vietnam, and <span style="font-style:italic;">The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly ; David S. Silverman ; 15. The Civil War as TV Miniseries: The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful ; Judith Sobré ; 16. Documentary as an Art Form: Ken Burns’ “Creative” Dramatization of the Civil War ; Martin J. Manning, with Douglas Brode; 17. Strange Homecomings: Hollywood and the Narrative of the Warrior’s Return ; Gregory Perrault ; 18. Featuring Atrocity & H8ful Heritage: Tarantino’s Revision of Civil War Mythology ; Beth Jane Toren; 19. Brother Against . . . Monster: Hidden Stories of the Civil War ; Cynthia J. Miller and A. Bowdoin Van Riper
• Publisher Details: Lanham, MD : Lexington Books
• Publication Date: 2017
• Copyright Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxi, 271 pages)
• Subjects: 791.436581; Social Science: Media Studies; Civil war in motion pictures; Civil war in motion pictures; PERFORMING ARTS / Reference; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; United States; History; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781498566896; 1498566898
• Related ISBNs: 149856688X; 9781498566889
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.