American Energy Cinema

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

AvRobert, Lifset,Robert Lifset,Raechel Lutz,Sarah Stanford-McIntyre

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Historians investigate the relationships between film, culture, and energy.American Energy Cinema explores how Hollywood movies have portrayed energy from the early film era to the present. Looking at classics like Giant, Silkwood, There Will Be Blood, and Matewan, and at quirkier fare like A Is for Atom and Convoy, it argues that films have both reflected existing beliefs and conjured new visions for Americans about the role of energy in their lives and their history. The essays in this collection show how film provides a unique and informative lens to understand perceptions of energy production, consumption, and infrastructure networks. By placing films that prominently feature energy within historical context and analyzing them as historical objects, the contributing authors demonstrate how energy systems of all kinds are both integral to the daily life of Americans and inextricable from larger societal changes and global politics.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2023-04-01
Mått152 x 228 x 19 mm
Vikt494 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieEnergy and Society
Antal sidor370
FörlagWest Virginia University Press
ISBN9781952271762

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Film inom Kultur
Amerikas historia inom Historia och arkeologi
Socialhistoria och kulturhistoria inom Historia och arkeologi

Robert Lifset is the Donald Keith Jones Associate Professor of History in the Honors College at the University of Oklahoma and the author of Power on the Hudson: Storm King Mountain and the Emergence of Modern American Environmentalism. Raechel Lutz teaches history and civics at the Wardlaw+Hartridge School. Sarah Stanford-McIntyre is assistant professor of engineering, ethics, and society at the University of Colorado Boulder.

"A rich and compelling collection of essays covering a broad range of moments and films in the histories of oil, coal, nuclear power, and energy in America."—Toby Jones, Rutgers University"Movies are a fun escape from reality, cultural snapshots in time, and valuable historical documents. That's the key thesis and value of this book: it gives readers an engaging way to learn the history of energy—rather, the history of American society—with a century of thrillers, dramas, comedies, and whodunits. Addressing a range of genres, story lines, and themes, this collection of essays will be captivating and informative for movie lovers, energy enthusiasts, and historians alike."—Michael E. Webber, host and creator of the PBS special Energy at the Movies