TY - BOOK AU - Cowans,Jon TI - Empire Films and the Crisis of Colonialism, 1946-1959 SN - 9781421416427 AV - PN1995.9.I42 C69 2015 U1 - 791.43/6581 PY - 2015/// CY - Baltimore PB - Johns Hopkins University Press KW - Imperialism in motion pictures KW - Motion pictures-Great Britain-History-20th century KW - Motion pictures-France-History-20th century KW - Motion pictures-United States-History-20th century KW - Motion pictures-Political aspects KW - Electronic books N1 - Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART I: THE PERSISTENCE OF EMPIRE: COLONIALIST FILMS IN THE DECOLONIZATION ERA -- 1 The White Woman's Burden -- 2 Heroes of Empire -- 3 Westerns -- PART II: COMING TO TERMS: CONFRONTING INSURGENCY AND DECOLONIZATION -- 4 The British Empire and Decolonization -- 5 The French Empire and Decolonization -- 6 Americans in Postwar Asia -- PART III: DANGEROUS LIAISONS: INTERRACIAL COUPLES IN FILMS -- 7 Miscegenation in Westerns -- 8 Romance across the Pacific -- 9 Black-White Couples and Internal Decolonization -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: Attitudes toward Indians and U.S. Conquest in Westerns -- Appendix B: Outcomes of Interracial Romance in Miscegenation Films -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Z N2 - The first truly transnational history of cinema's role in decolonization, this powerful book weaves a unified historical narrative out of the experiences of three colonial powers in diverse geographic settings UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3318888 ER -