By breaking down classic films from the nineteen-nineties such as Forest Gump and Titanic, this book offers a reel-to-reel cultural analysis, chronicling the concept of 'spin' as a major sociopolitical persuasion strategy.

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"This book contains terrific lists of films collected under key thematic headings - history films, films about politics, about sex, about spin. As a dazzling representation of spin, Wag the Dog (1997), according to Palmer, "may be the decade-defining film of the nineties." Bolstered by postmodern theory, the "spin" thesis is interesting, and descriptions of individual films are illuminating." - Choice

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WILLIAM J. PALMER is Professor of Literature and Film in the English Department at Perdue University, USA.

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Book Title: The Films of the Nineties
Book Subtitle: The Decade of Spin
Authors: William J. Palmer
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230619555
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Literature & Performing Arts Collection, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-61344-7Published: 24 March 2009
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-37800-5Published: 24 March 2009
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-61955-5Published: 02 March 2009
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 254
Topics: Film History, Screen Studies

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