Product Overview
Fully revised, updated, and extended, this compilation of interpretive essays and primary documents teaches students to read films as cultural artifacts within the contexts of actual past events.
- A new edition of this classic textbook, which ties movies into the broader narrative of US and film history
- Ten new articles which consider recently released films, as well as issues of gender and ethnicity
- Well-organized within a chronological framework with thematic treatments to provide a valuable resource for students of the history of American film
- Fourth edition includes completely new images throughout
