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The New Hollywood Historical Film

1967-78

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  • © 2016

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Authors:
  1. Tom Symmons

    1. Arcadia University, London, United Kingdom

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

    • Tom Symmons
    Pages 1-20

  3. The ‘New Wave’ and ‘Old Hollywood’: The Day of the Locust (1975), ‘Movies About the Movies’ and the Generational Divide

    • Tom Symmons
    Pages 21-56

  4. ‘The Birth of Black Consciousness on the Screen’?: The African American Historical Experience, Blaxploitation and the Production and Reception of Sounder (1972)

    • Tom Symmons
    Pages 57-86

  5. ‘Having Our Cake and Eating It’: The Dirty Dozen (1967), the World War II Combat Film and the Vietnam War

    • Tom Symmons
    Pages 87-124

  6. ‘Not Beautiful in the Right Way’: Star Image, Politics and Romance in The Way We Were (1973)

    • Tom Symmons
    Pages 125-157

  7. American Graffiti (1973) and Grease (1978): The Fifties as Myth and Comment

    • Tom Symmons
    Pages 159-194

  8. Conclusion

    • Tom Symmons
    Pages 195-201

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 203-220
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About this book

The New Hollywood of the late 1960s and 1970s is among the most exciting and influential periods in the history of film. This book explores how the new wave of historical films were profoundly shaped by the controversies and concerns of the present.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Arcadia University, London, United Kingdom

    Tom Symmons

About the author

Tom Symmons is a film scholar and has taught film history at Queen Mary University of London, London Metropolitan University and Arcadia University (London).

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The New Hollywood Historical Film

  • Book Subtitle: 1967-78

  • Authors: Tom Symmons

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-52930-5

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2016

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-52929-9Published: 24 June 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-52930-5Published: 13 June 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 220

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 20 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Film History, Conflict Studies, US History

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