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New Concise Title: Apes as American Myth: Race and Politics in the Films and TV Series
This book explores how political conflicts shape popular culture by analyzing the function of the Planet of the Apes films as both entertaining adventures and apocalyptic political commentary. It demonstrates how this popular series of secular myths utilized images of racial and ecological crisis to respond to events like the Cold War, the race riots of the 1960s, the Civil Rights movement, the Black Power movement, and the Vietnam War. The work uses interviews with key filmmakers and close readings of the five Apes films and two television series to trace the development of the series' theme of racial conflict in the context of the shifting ideologies of race during the sixties and seventies.
The book also observes that the resurgent popularity of Apes and Twentieth Century--Fox's upcoming film may again make Planet of the Apes a pop culture phenomenon that asks who we are and where we are going, especially amid growing concerns over race relations. Instructors interested in using this book for a course can request an examination copy.
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| Attribute | Value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| publisher | McFarland & Company (March 31, 2006) | ||||
| language | English | ||||
| paperback | 261 pages | ||||
| isbn_10 | 0786426632 | ||||
| isbn_13 | 978-0786426638 | ||||
| reading_age | 18 years and up | ||||
| item_weight | 12.8 ounces | ||||
| dimensions | 6 x 0.53 x 9 inches | ||||
| best_sellers_rank | #1,645,562 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #3,394 in Movie History & Criticism #5,766 in Popular Culture in Social Sciences #6,384 in African American Demographic Studies (Books) | ||||
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