{"product_id":"american-films-of-the-70s","title":"American Films of the 70s","description":"\u003cp\u003e While the anti-establishment rebels of 1969's \u003ci\u003eEasy Rider\u003c\/i\u003e were morphing into the nostalgic yuppies of 1983's \u003ci\u003eThe Big Chill, \u003c\/i\u003eSeventies movies brought us everything from killer sharks, blaxploitation, and disco musicals to a loving look at General George S. Patton. Indeed, as Peter Lev persuasively argues in this book, the films of the 1970s constitute a kind of conversation about what American society is and should be—open, diverse, and egalitarian, or stubbornly resistant to change. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Examining forty films thematically, Lev explores the conflicting visions presented in films with the following kinds of subject matter: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Hippies \u003ci\u003e(Easy Rider, Alice's Restaurant)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Cops\u003ci\u003e (The French Connection, Dirty Harry)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Disasters and conspiracies \u003ci\u003e(Jaws, Chinatown)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e End of the Sixties \u003ci\u003e(Nashville, The Big Chill)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Art, Sex, and Hollywood \u003ci\u003e(Last Tango in Paris)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Teens \u003ci\u003e(American Graffiti, Animal House)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e War \u003ci\u003e(Patton, Apocalypse Now)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e African-Americans \u003ci\u003e(Shaft, Superfly)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Feminisms \u003ci\u003e(An Unmarried Woman, The China Syndrome)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Future visions \u003ci\u003e(Star Wars, Blade Runner)\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e As accessible to ordinary moviegoers as to film scholars, Lev's book is an essential companion to these familiar, well-loved movies. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"By Peter Lev","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53615368962428,"sku":"9780292747166","price":19.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9780292747166.jpg?v=1727699684","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/american-films-of-the-70s","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}