Controversial Cinema: The Films That Outraged America Phillips, Kendall R.

At the heart of any history of controversial films is a strange paradox: while films, especially popular and mainstream films, are often portrayed as meaningless products of popular culture, those popular films involved in public controversies become the focal point of enormous cultural energy, political attention, and profoundly conflicting sets of principles. The ongoing "culture wars" continue to shape the American political landscape, and controversial films continue to be a major point of conflict. Controversial Cinema: The Films that Outraged America traces the history of controversial films and offers insights into why it is that certain films spark controversies, and how Americans typically react to controversial moviemaking.

DOI: 10.1336/0275994643 Mouse over the Digital Object Identifier (DOI) to learn more about this book or related books published by Greenwood Publishing Group. Visit the Greenwood Publishing Group page for this title: http://www.greenwood.com/catalog/C9464.aspx

Controversial Cinema: The Films That Outraged America Hardback, 232 pages, $44.95 Copyright ©2008, Praeger Publishers ISBN: 0-275-99464-3 DOI: 10.1336/0275994643

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