How Long to Read Hollywood Genres and Postwar America

How Long Does it Take to Read Hollywood Genres and Postwar America?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 51 minutes to read Hollywood Genres and Postwar America by Mike Chopra-Gant

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

This is a clear and engrossing account of how popular films in America just after the close of the Second World War played out America's mood at that crucial time. It is also a revisionist challenge to received scholarly understanding of this mood, which has tended to be seen as characterized by an abiding pessimism most clearly manifested in the films noir of the period. Chopra-Gant makes here an important contribution to film genre, which proposes that the 'noir and Zeitgeist' reading is based on the retrospective promotion of selected movies. He turns to the top box office successes of the period, including "Best Years of our Lives", "The Jolson Story" and "Two Years Before the Mast", finding that these films emphasise rather the triumph of American beliefs in democracy, classlessness and individualism. They deploy positive, performative masculinities and the pleasures of male friendships and celebrate the traditional American family, while recognising the problems of 'momism' and absent fathers.

How long is Hollywood Genres and Postwar America?

Hollywood Genres and Postwar America by Mike Chopra-Gant is 231 pages long, and a total of 57,981 words.

This makes it 78% the length of the average book. It also has 71% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Hollywood Genres and Postwar America Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 16 minutes to read Hollywood Genres and Postwar America aloud.

What Reading Level is Hollywood Genres and Postwar America?

Hollywood Genres and Postwar America is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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