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Camera Politica: Contents

Camera Politica

Contents

CONTENTS

1 From Counterculture to Counterrevolution, 1967-1971

1. Alienation and Rebellion

2. Feminism, Black Radicalism, Student Rebellion

3. The Hollywood Counterrevolution

1. Disaster Films

2. Metaphors of Fear

3. Francis Coppola and the Crisis of Patriarchy

3 Genre Transformations and the Failure of Liberalism

1. Western, Detective, Musical

2. Social Problem Films

3. Conspiracy Films

4 Class, Race, and the New South

1. The Hollywood Working Class

2. Representations of Blacks

3. The New South

5 The Politics of Sexuality

1. The Position of Women

2. From a Male Point of View: Men’s Movies and the Return of Romance

3. The Family and the New Sexuality

3. Brian De Palma and the Slash and Gash Cycles

7 Vietnam and the New Militarism

1. Debating Vietnam

2. The Military Rehabilitated

3. The New Militarism

8 Return of the Hero: Entrepreneur, Patriarch, Warrior

1. The Triumph of Individualism—From Man to Superman

2. George Lucas’s Strategic Defense Initiatives

3. The Leadership Principle—From Movie Brats to Movie Moguls

9 Fantasy Films

1. Technophobia

3. At Home with Steven Spielberg

10 The Politics of Representation

1. On the Left Edge of Hollywood

2. Within the Hollywood Codes: Political Films

3. Beyond Hollywood: The Independent Sector

Conclusion: Film and Politics

Selected Bibliography

Camera Politica

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