The New Hollywood Historical Film

1. Introduction
Tom Symmons

2. The ‘New Wave’ and ‘Old Hollywood’: The Day of the Locust (1975), ‘Movies About the Movies’ and the Generational Divide
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3. ‘The Birth of Black Consciousness on the Screen’?: The African American Historical Experience, Blaxploitation and the Production and Reception of Sounder (1972)
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4. ‘Having Our Cake and Eating It’: The Dirty Dozen (1967), the World War II Combat Film and the Vietnam War
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5. ‘Not Beautiful in the Right Way’: Star Image, Politics and Romance in The Way We Were (1973)
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6.
American Graffiti (1973) and Grease (1978): The Fifties as Myth and Comment
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7. Conclusion
Tom Symmons

Keywords: Cultural and Media Studies, Film History, Conflict Studies, US History