Movie stars and their versions of history
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Channel: Oxford Academic (Oxford University Press) · 2012 · Education
Jim Cullen, author of Sensing the Past: Hollywood Stars and Historical Visions, on movie stars and their visions of history. Stars such as Daniel Day-Lewis, Denzel Washington, and Meryl Streep, choose roles that reflect their historical and world view. Jim Cullen teaches history at the Ethical Culture Fieldston School in New York City. He is the author of Sensing the Past: Hollywood Stars and Historical Visions, The American Dream: A Short History of an Idea that Shaped a Nation, Born in the U.S.A.: Bruce Springsteen and the American Tradition, and other books. Cullen is also a book review editor at the History News Network. http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/FilmMediaPerformingArts/FilmStudies/?view=usa&ci=9780199927661 (c) Oxford University Press USA 2012
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