Hollywood's Image of the South: A Century of Southern Films
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Hollywood's Image of the South: A Century of Southern Films
By (Author) David Ebner
Edited by Larry Langman
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Greenwood Press
30th September 2001
United States
Classifications
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
History: specific events and topics
History of the Americas
History of Performing Arts
791.436275
Physical Properties
Hardback
252
Description
From the 1920s and 1930s, when American cinema depicted the South as a demi-paradise populated by wealthy landowners, glamorous belles, and happy slaves, through later, more realistic depictions of the region in films based on works by Erskine Caldwell, Tennessee Williams, William Faulkner, and Robert Penn Warren, Hollywood's view of the South has been as ever-changing as the place itself. This comprehensive reference guide to Southern films offers credits, plot descriptions, and analyses of how the stereotypes and characterizations in each film contributes to our understanding of a most contentious American time and place.
Author Bio
LARRY LANGMAN is the author of A Guide to Silent Westerns (Greenwood, 1992), A Guide to American Crime Films of the Forties and Fifties (Greenwood, 1995), and American Film Cycles: The Silent Era (Greenwood, 1998). DAVID EBNER has taught mathematics and history on the university and secondary school levels and has published extensively in professional journals. His books include The Encyclopedia of American Spy Films.
