The American Civil War on film and TV : Blue and Gray in black and white and color

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The American Civil War on film and TV : Blue and Gray in black and white and color

Title remainder

Blue and Gray in black and white and color

Statement of responsibility

edited by Douglas Brode, Shea T. Brode, and Cynthia J. Miller

Title variation

American Civil War on film and television

Contributor

• Brode, Douglas, 1943-
• Brode, Shea T., 1984-
• Miller, Cynthia J.

Subject

• Civil war in motion pictures
• United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
• War films -- United States -- History and criticism

Language

eng

Summary

Whether on the big screen or small, films featuring the American Civil War are among the most classic and controversial in motion picture history. From D. W. Griffith's Birth of a Nation (1915) to Free State of Jones (2016), the war has provided the setting, ideologies, and character archetypes for cinematic narratives of morality, race, gender, and nation, as well as serving as historical education for a century of Americans. The American Civil War on Film and TV: Blue and Gray in Black and White and Color bring together nineteen essays by a diverse array of scholars across the disciplines to explore these issues. The essays included here span a wide range of films, from the silent era to the present day, including Buster Keaton's The General (1926), Red Badge of Courage (1951), Glory (1989), Gettysburg (1993), and Cold Mountain (2003), as well as television mini-series The Blue and The Gray (1982) and John Jakes' acclaimed North and South trilogy (1985-86). As an accessible volume to dedicated to a critical conversation about the Civil War on film, The American Civil War on Film and TV will appeal to not only to scholars of film, military history, American history, and cultural history, but to fans of war films and period films, as well.--

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YDX

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973.7-C

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index present

Literary form

non fiction

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bibliography