Approaching recent world history through film : context, analysis, and research /
Bailey, Scott, 1974-
Approaching recent world history through film : context, analysis, and research / Scott C.M. Bailey. - 1 online resource
Introduction: World history through film -- Historical biographical films and world history -- Filmic approaches to global conflict and war: Japanese wartime experiences -- Comparative approaches to colonization and decolonization on the screen -- Film and global migration, immigration, and mobility -- Mass violence, oppression, and global conflict on film -- Problems of political economy on film -- World history films as a basis for research and writing.
"Approaching Recent World History Through Film: Context, Analysis, and Research explores the relationships between 20th-century world history and film by providing analysis of a diverse range of films organized by global history topics, including war and conflict, decolonization, political economy, and long-distance travel. This insightful text describes how to analyze films as original historical sources and how to carry out research projects using films. The text provides guidance on the types of world history films, their conventions, and how to analyze the historical arguments in movies. Scott C.M. Bailey incorporates in-depth discussions of the historical content and context of a wide range of international films connected with important 20th-century global history topics. The book also offers many prompts for discussion, historical timelines, and suggestions for further reading and viewing, as well as instructions on how to construct research papers and projects which employ the use of films as historical sources. This book will be of interest to students in world history and film history courses"--
9780429299599 0429299591 9781000382907 1000382907 9781000382891 1000382893
Motion pictures and history.
Historical films--History and criticism.
History in motion pictures.
Civilization, Modern--Sources.--20th century
HISTORY / General
PN1995.2
791.43/658
Approaching recent world history through film : context, analysis, and research / Scott C.M. Bailey. - 1 online resource
Introduction: World history through film -- Historical biographical films and world history -- Filmic approaches to global conflict and war: Japanese wartime experiences -- Comparative approaches to colonization and decolonization on the screen -- Film and global migration, immigration, and mobility -- Mass violence, oppression, and global conflict on film -- Problems of political economy on film -- World history films as a basis for research and writing.
"Approaching Recent World History Through Film: Context, Analysis, and Research explores the relationships between 20th-century world history and film by providing analysis of a diverse range of films organized by global history topics, including war and conflict, decolonization, political economy, and long-distance travel. This insightful text describes how to analyze films as original historical sources and how to carry out research projects using films. The text provides guidance on the types of world history films, their conventions, and how to analyze the historical arguments in movies. Scott C.M. Bailey incorporates in-depth discussions of the historical content and context of a wide range of international films connected with important 20th-century global history topics. The book also offers many prompts for discussion, historical timelines, and suggestions for further reading and viewing, as well as instructions on how to construct research papers and projects which employ the use of films as historical sources. This book will be of interest to students in world history and film history courses"--
9780429299599 0429299591 9781000382907 1000382907 9781000382891 1000382893
Motion pictures and history.
Historical films--History and criticism.
History in motion pictures.
Civilization, Modern--Sources.--20th century
HISTORY / General
PN1995.2
791.43/658