Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. 1. The past and the other in film : overviews -- pt. 2. It's American, dammit! ... isn't it? -- pt. 3. Beyond the bounds of propriety -- pt. 4. The audience's demand for sex and violence rewrites history -- pt. 5. Historicizing the present.
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