Overview
In this revised and expanded edition of Film Nation, Robert Burgoyne analyzes films that give shape to the counternarrative that has emerged since 9/11—one that challenges the traditional myths of the American nation-state. The films examined here, Burgoyne argues, reveal the hidden underlayers of nation, from the first interaction between Europeans and Native Americans (The New World), to the clash of ethnic groups in nineteenth-century New York (Gangs of New York), to the haunting persistence of war in the national imagination (Flags of Our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima) and the impact of the events of 9/11 on American identity (United 93 and World Trade Center).
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Author: Robert Burgoyne
Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
Imprint: University of Minnesota Press
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:
Width: 14.00cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 21.60cm
ISBN: 9780816642915
ISBN 10: 0816642915
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 12 March 2010
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print
Availability: Awaiting stock 
Table of Contents
Preface to the Revised Edition, Acknowledgments, Introduction, 1. Race and Nation in Glory, 2. Native America, Thunderheart, and the National Imaginary, 3. National Identity, Gender Identity, and the Rescue Fantasy in Born on the Fourth of July, 4. Modernism and the Narrative of Nation in JFK, 5. Prosthetic Memory/National Memory: Forrest Gump, 6. The Columbian Exchange: Pocahontas and The New World, 7. Homeland or Promised Land? The Ethnic Construction of Nation in Gangs of New York, 8. Haunting in the War Film: Flags of Our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima, 9. Trauma and History in United 93 and World Trade Center, Notes, Index
Reviews
Film Nation is distinguished by Robert Burgoyne's critical acuity, his on-the-money remarks about the subjects he interrogates, as well as the singularity of his focus on American Cinema and the ways by which film suggests much about American national identity. -Cineaste In Film Nation Robert Burgoyne argues that popular film plays a crucial role in formulating the imagined community of the nation state. A rewarding read. -Film and History Film Nation rewards the reader with a continuous flow of stimulating ideas about how to discuss the content of recent history films. -Journal of American History Any historian who is interested in investigating film as history should forget about disciplinary turf wars and read Robert Burgoyne's Film Nation: Hollywood Looks at U.S. History. A theoretically sophisticated but clearly and elegantly written work. -Rethinking History
Author Information
Robert Burgoyne is professor and chair of film studies, University of St. Andrews.
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