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52-0177 PN1995 2013-24783 CIP Nelson, John S. Popular cinema as political theory: idealism and realism in epics, noirs, and satires. Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. 249p index afp ISBN 9781137374707, $100.00
Using popular Hollywood films as a platform for the discussion of political theory, Nelson (political theory and communication, Univ. of Iowa) categorizes films as idealist or realist. Characters who are idealists act on the basis...