| Description |
325 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
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Class : culture |
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Class, culture.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
I. Overviews. Introduction / Matthew H. Bernstein ; The left's biggest star : Michael Moore as commercial auteur / Sergio Rizzo ; Class, gender, race, and masculine masquerade in the documentaries of Michael Moore / Gaylyn Studlar -- II. Moore and the documentary tradition. Michael Moore and the aesthetics and politics of contemporary documentary film / Douglas Kellner ; "Everything Is personal" : Michael Moore and the documentary essay / Paul Arthur -- III. The major films. Documentary film and the power of interrogation : American dream and Roger & me / Miles Orvell ; Bowling for Columbine : a review / Christopher Sharrett and William Luhr ; Prelude to Moore : a comparison of rhetorical techniques in Frank Capra's Why we fight series and Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 / Richard R. Ness ; Truth and rhetoric in Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 / Charles Musser ; Dystopia now : Fahrenheit 9/11's red pill / David Teztlaff ; Sicko movie review / Richard Porton -- IV. Beyond the American multiplex : Moore in the media marketplace. Moore muckracking : the reinvention of TV newsmagazines in the age of spin and entertainment / Jeffrey P. Jones ; The British take on Moore / Richard Kilborn ; MoveOn, Michael Moore, and the summer of '04 : marketing online political activism / Cary Elza. |
| Subject |
Moore, Michael, 1954 April 23- -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Motion picture producers and directors -- Political activity -- United States.
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Documentary films -- Political aspects -- History and criticism.
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Motion pictures -- Political aspects -- United States.
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| Added Author |
Bernstein, Matthew.
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| ISBN |
9780472051038 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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9780472071036 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0472071033 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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0472051032 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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