Frame The American President in Film and Television

Myth, Politics and Representation
2. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-78874-264-1
Verlag: Peter Lang
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 348 Seiten

As evidenced by the election of celebrity and reality television star Donald Trump, popular culture has played a vital role in the conceptualisation of political leadership. This revised edition of The American President in Film andTelevision explores the complex relationship between the construction of fictional presidents on screen and the political cultures from which they emerged. How have our popular cultural fantasies of presidential leadership contributed to the current political reality? Combining textual analysis with close attention to political and historical contexts, the book addresses the reasons behind the proliferation of images of the president in the past twenty-five years, from the archetype in American genre cinema (Air Force One, Independence Day and DeepImpact) to the idealised fantasy figure in network television (The West Wing, 24 and Commander in Chief). With the election of a president whose worldview appears to have been formed entirely by the aesthetics and rhetoric of popular culture, where does the presidency – either on screen or in the White House – go from here?

Autoren/Hrsg.

Frame, Gregory

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Politische Propaganda & Kampagnen, Politik & Medien
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmtheorie, Filmanalyse
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio Filmgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikationswissenschaften Kommunikation & Medien in der Politik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

CONTENTS: Introduction: The American President in History and Criticism – The Symbolic Presidency: Washington and Hollywood, 1932–1989 – The Post-Cold War Presidency in Hollywood Cinema – The West Wing: Continuity and Change from Clinton to Bush – Predicting Obama? Hollywood’s Black Presidency and the Creation of a Stereotype – «Having it Allen»: Motherhood, Family and the Female Presidency in Commander in Chief – Conclusion: Old Constructs in a New Era: The White House Invasion Narrative and the Return of Abraham Lincoln.

Über Autor(innen)

Gregory Frame is Lecturer in Film Studies at Bangor University. His research interests revolve around the politics and ideologies of mainstream cinema and television.