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Wetta, Frank J.; Novelli, Martin A.

 
9780807169728: Abraham Lincoln & Women in Film: One Hundred Years of Hollywood Mythmaking
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ISBN 10 : 0807169722 ISBN 13 : 9780807169728
Editeur : Louisiana State University Press, 2024

Synopsis

Frank J. Wetta and Martin A. Novelli's Abraham Lincoln and Women in Film investigates how depictions of women in Hollywood motion pictures helped forge the myth of Lincoln. Exploring female characters' backstories, the political and cultural climate in which the films appeared, and the contest between the moviemakers' imaginations and the varieties of historical truth, Wetta and Novelli place the women in Lincoln's life at the center of the study, including his mother, Nancy Hanks Lincoln; his stepmother, Sarah Bush Lincoln; his lost loves, Ann Rutledge and Mary Owens; and his wife and widow, Mary Todd Lincoln. Later, while inspecting Lincoln's legacy, they focus on the 1930s child actor Shirley Temple and the 1950s movie star Marilyn Monroe, who had a well-publicized fascination with the sixteenth president.

Wetta and Novelli's work is the first to deal extensively with the women in Lincoln's life, both those who interacted with him personally and those appearing on screen. It is also among the first works to examine how scholarly and popular biography influenced depictions of Lincoln, especially in film.

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À propos des auteurs

Frank J. Wetta is former vice president of academic affairs at Ocean County College in New Jersey and former lecturer and senior fellow in the Department of History at Kean University.

Martin A. Novelli is the former dean of humanities, fine arts, and media studies at Ocean County College in New Jersey.

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Éditeur
Louisiana State University Press
Date d'édition
2024
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0807169722
ISBN 13 
9780807169728
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
252
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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