Camera Politica: The Politics and Ideology of Contemporary Hollywood Film

a modern mythography a study of contemporary Hollywood films based on the tools offered by feminism psychoanalysis Marxist cultural theory and deconstruction. ―Village VoiceSolidly thought-out observation of the films of the 70s and 80s that comment on the system. ―Audience . . . intelligent open advocacy. Its responsible arrangement of carefully described cultural materials will challenge students and instructors alike. ―Teaching PhilosophyCamera Politica is a comprehensive study of Hollywood film during a period of tremendous change in American history a period that witnessed the end of the American empire crises in the economy a failure of political leadership loss at war and the rise of the Right.