A Bowdoin Van Riper: 6 books

Book cover of A Biographical Encyclopedia of Scientists and Inventors in American Film and TV since 1930
by A. Bowdoin Van Riper
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2011

Films that dramatize historical events and the lives of historical figures-whether they are intended to educate or to entertain—play a significant role in shaping the public's understanding of the past. In The Hollywood History of Science and Technology, A. Bowdoin Van Riper focuses on the dramatized...
Book cover of Teaching History with Science Fiction Films
by A. Bowdoin Van Riper
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2017

Popular media has become a common means by which students understand both the present and the past. Consequently, more teachers are using various forms of popular culture as pedagogical tools in the history classroom. Science fiction is one of the most popular genres of contemporary film, a genre...
Book cover of Television and the Self

Television and the Self

Knowledge, Identity, and Media Representation

by Amanda S. McClain, Brian McKernan, Cynthia J. Miller
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2013

Sitting prominently at the hearth of our homes, television serves as a voice of our modern time. Given our media-saturated society and television’s prominent voice and place in the home, it is likely we learn about our society and selves through these stories. These narratives are not simply entertainment,...
Book cover of Aging Heroes

Aging Heroes

Growing Old in Popular Culture

by Patrice M. Buzzanell, Paul Haridakis, Cynthia J. Miller
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2015

Despite the increasing number and variety of older characters appearing in film, television, comics, and other popular culture, much of the understanding of these figures has been limited to outdated stereotypes of aging. These include depictions of frailty, resistance to modern life, and mortality....
Book cover of Heroines of Film and Television

Heroines of Film and Television

Portrayals in Popular Culture

by Cynthia J. Miller, Jeffrey A. Brown, Ryan Castillo
Language: English
Release Date: April 4, 2014

As portrayals of heroic women gain ground in film, television, and other media, their depictions are breaking free of females as versions of male heroes or simple stereotypes of acutely weak or overly strong women. Although heroines continue to represent the traditional roles of mothers, goddesses,...
Book cover of The American Civil War on Film and TV

The American Civil War on Film and TV

Blue and Gray in Black and White and Color

by Biljana Oklopčić, Rosanne Welch, Fran Pheasant-Kelly
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2017

Whether on the big screen or small, films featuring the American Civil War are among the most classic and controversial in motion picture history. From D. W. Griffith’s Birth of a Nation (1915) to Free State of Jones (2016), the war has provided the setting, ideologies, and character archetypes...
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