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Jordan provides a complete overview of both the influence of Reagan's presidency on the film industry and on the films themselves.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations List of Tables Acknowledgments Defining Reagan-Era Hollywood The Reagan Era and Hollywood's Political Economic Structure Reagan-Era Hollywood and the Recuperation of the Success Ethic Race and the Biracial Buddy Movie Gender and the MTV Music-Video Movie Class and the Yuppie Movie The Legacy of the Reagan Era Appendix: Top 10 Movies of 1970-2001 (in millions) Bibliography

About the Author

CHRIS JORDAN is Assistant Professor of Communication at the Pennsylvania State University. He has published articles in journals including The Journal of Popular Film and Television and collections including The St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture and The Encyclopedia of Documentary Film.

Reviews

"Congratulations to Chris Jordan for this much-welcomed text on the vision of American success in Reagan-era movies--one based in a moral and economic conservative agenda and wrapped into films featuring patriarchal family values, interracial buddydom, closely watched borders, vigilance against international terrorism, and yuppie consumerism. These always insightful and multifaceted readings do much to help us understand the complex interplay between popular culture and politics in an era."-Jane Caputi Professor of Women's Studies, Florida Atlantic University

?Examines how Reaganomics influenced the film industry and how conservative ideology was reflected in filmmaking.?-The Chronicle of Higher Education

"Examines how Reaganomics influenced the film industry and how conservative ideology was reflected in filmmaking."-The Chronicle of Higher Education