The ambivalent legacy of Elia Kazan : the politics of the post-HUAC films /
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Language: | English |
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Lanham, Maryland :
Rowman & Littlefield,
[2017]
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Series: | Film and history (Lanham, Md.)
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: the post-HUAC testimony films
- Viva Zapata! (1952) and Cold War liberalism
- Kazan and the anticommunist film genre: Man on a tightrope (1953)
- The ambivalence of informing: On the waterfront (1954)
- Father and sons and the cost of pursuing the American Dream: East of Eden (1955)
- Sexuality and the new south: Baby doll (1956)
- A return to progressive principles and the shape of things to come: A face in the crowd (1957)
- Looking backward and the cost of progress: Wild river (1960)
- Anticipating the youth rebellion: Splendor in the grass (1960)
- The Anatolian smile and the immigrant experience: America America (1963)
- Rebelling against the arranged life: The arrangement (1969)
- The final films: The visitors (1971) and The last tycoon (1976).