The American Civil War and the Hollywood War Film
Description
The American Civil War was viscerally documented through panorama paintings, photography, and soldier testimonials, leaving behind representational principles that would later inform the development of war film genre codes. This book explores how each of these representational modes cemented different formulas for providing war stories with pathos.
Keywords
Social SciencePerforming ArtsFilmHistory & CriticismHistoryUnited StatesAnthropologyCultural & SocialSociologyAmericas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
2015Book
Author(s)John Trafton
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan US
ISBN9781137503183
LanguageEnglish
