Patriots, Villains, and the Quest for Liberty: How American Film has Depicted the American Revolution.
This study of a dozen American films featuring the American Revolution (released 1939-2002) evaluates the major characters (patriots and loyalists), diverse plots, and various social/class themes. Cinematic and popular culture understandings of the revolution are compared with the interpretations of...
| Published in: | Canadian Review of American Studies Vol. 37; no. 2; pp. 205 - 239 |
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University of Toronto Press
2007
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=27270018&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 27270018 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00077720 CRA jtl: Canadian Review of American Studies issn: 00077720 maglogo: Y pubinfo: dt: 2007 vid: 37 iid: 2 pid: 678 pub: University of Toronto Press artinfo: ui: 27270018 10.3138/cras.37.2.205 ppf: 205 ppct: 34 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 1.9MB tig: atl: Patriots, Villains, and the Quest for Liberty: How American Film has Depicted the American Revolution. aug: au: Rhoden, Nancy L. affil: University of Western Ontario su: Patriotism Loyalists Motion pictures American Revolutionary War films Social classes Popular culture Historians sug: subj: Patriotism Loyalists Motion pictures American Revolutionary War films Social classes Popular culture Historians keyword: American film American Revolution history and cinema loyalists patriots cinéma américain histoire et cinéma loyalistes patriotes révolution américaine ab: This study of a dozen American films featuring the American Revolution (released 1939-2002) evaluates the major characters (patriots and loyalists), diverse plots, and various social/class themes. Cinematic and popular culture understandings of the revolution are compared with the interpretations of historians to reveal thematic consistencies, noteworthy variations, and conceptual gulfs between filmmakers and historians. Cette étude portant sur une douzaine de films américains qui touchent la révolution américaine (sortis de 1939 à 2002), analyse les principaux personnages (patriotes et loyalistes), les différentes intrigues et de nombreux thèmes liés aux classes sociales. Les représentations de la révolution américaine dans la culture populaire et la culture cinématographique sont comparées aux interprétations des historiens afin de faire ressortir les points communs, les difféerences notables et le fossé conceptuel qui existe entre les cinéastes et les historiens. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Canadian Review of American Studies is the property of University of Toronto Press and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Canadian Review of American Studies holder: University of Toronto Press dt: @attributes: year: 2007 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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