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The American President in Film and Television
Gregory Frame
其他書名
Myth, Politics and Representation
出版Peter Lang, 2014
主題History / Latin America / GeneralHistory / United States / GeneralHistory / United States / 19th CenturyHistory / United States / 20th CenturyHistory / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)Performing Arts / Film / GeneralPerforming Arts / Film / History & CriticismPhilosophy / GeneralPolitical Science / GeneralPolitical Science / Civics & CitizenshipPolitical Science / History & TheoryPolitical Science / International Relations / GeneralPolitical Science / Labor & Industrial RelationsPolitical Science / Political Process / GeneralPolitical Science / Public Affairs & AdministrationPolitical Science / American Government / StatePolitical Science / International Relations / TreatiesPolitical Science / Political EconomyPolitical Science / Public Policy / Social Policy
ISBN30343095119783034309516
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=_HrmoAEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋Runner-up for the BAFTSS 2016 Best Book Award

Why are fictional US presidents everywhere on screen? How do these constructs relate to our understanding of the presidency as an institution and the United States as a nation?
This book sheds new light on fictional representations of the leader of the United States by analysing key films and television series from the early 1990s to the present day. Combining textual analysis with close attention to political and historical contexts, it addresses the ways in which representations of the president have responded to a period of profound change in American politics and society, encompassing the end of the Cold War, 9/11 and the collapse of the economy.
Exploring the complex relationship between the political context and the generic, iconographic and narrative parameters upon which mainstream cinema and television are based, this book challenges the tendency to equate content with context. Instead, contemporary representations of the president are examined as critiques of, or reinforcements to, dominant conceptions of political leadership. The reasons behind the proliferation of images of the president during this period are explored, from the archetype in American genre cinema (Air Force One, Independence Day and Deep Impact) to the idealised fantasy figure in network television (The West Wing, 24 and Commander in Chief). This book offers unique insights into the roles mainstream cinema and television continue to play in the reinforcement of mythological conceptions of the American presidency.