History Goes to the Movies

Blending theoretical and methodological issues with lots of real examples, History goes to the Movies is a clear, systematic, introductory guide to issues involved in using historical film in the study of history.

Informationen zum Autor Marnie Hughes-Warrington is Senior Lecturer in Modern History at Macquarie University, Australia. She is author of Fifty Key Thinkers on History (Routledge, 2000), 'How Good an Historian Shall I Be?': R.G. Collingwood, the Historical Imagination and Education (2003) and editor of Palgrave Advances in World Histories (2005). Klappentext Blending theoretical and methodological issues with lots of real examples, History goes to the Movies is a clear, systematic, introductory guide to issues involved in using historical film in the study of history. Zusammenfassung Blending theoretical and methodological issues with lots of real examples, History goes to the Movies is a clear, systematic, introductory guide to issues involved in using historical film in the study of history. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Why History on Film? 1. Words and Images, Images and Words 2. Genre 3. Pasts, Presents and Futures 4. Identity 5. Reality 6. Documentary 7. Propaganda 8. Selling History. Conclusion: Beyond 'Historiophoty': Film as History

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Marnie Hughes-Warrington is Senior Lecturer in Modern History at Macquarie University, Australia. She is author of Fifty Key Thinkers on History (Routledge, 2000), 'How Good an Historian Shall I Be?': R.G. Collingwood, the Historical Imagination and Education (2003) and editor of Palgrave Advances in World Histories (2005).

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Introduction: Why History on Film? 1. Words and Images, Images and Words 2. Genre 3. Pasts, Presents and Futures 4. Identity 5. Reality 6. Documentary 7. Propaganda 8. Selling History. Conclusion: Beyond 'Historiophoty': Film as History