[ecrea] New publication: The American President in Film and Television by Gregory Frame

Peter Lang Oxford is pleased to announce the new publication:



The American President in Film and Television:

Myth, Politics and Representation



By Gregory Frame



Oxford, 2014. 326 pp. £60.00

ISBN 978-3-0343-0951-6 hb.  (Hardcover)
ISBN 978-3-0353-0634-7 (eBook)



Available for purchase from http://www.peterlang.com?430951



Why are fictional US presidents everywhere on screen? How do these 
constructs relate to our understanding of the presidency as an 
institution and the United States as a nation?


This book sheds new light on fictional representations of the leader of 
the United States by analysing key films and television series from the 
early 1990s to the present day. Combining textual analysis with close 
attention to political and historical contexts, it addresses the ways in 
which representations of the president have responded to a period of 
profound change in American politics and society, encompassing the end 
of the Cold War, 9/11 and the collapse of the economy.


Exploring the complex relationship between the political context and the 
generic, iconographic and narrative parameters upon which mainstream 
cinema and television are based, this book challenges the tendency to 
equate content with context. Instead, contemporary representations of 
the president are examined as critiques of, or reinforcements to, 
dominant conceptions of political leadership. The reasons behind the 
proliferation of images of the president during this period are 
explored, from the archetype in American genre cinema (Air Force One, 
Independence Day and Deep Impact) to the idealised fantasy figure in 
network television (The West Wing, 24 and Commander in Chief). This book 
offers unique insights into the roles mainstream cinema and television 
continue to play in the reinforcement of mythological conceptions of the 
American presidency.



Gregory Frame is Associate Fellow of Film and Television Studies at the 
University of Warwick.



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