Flatlining on the Field of Dreams: Cultural Narratives in the Films of President Reagan's America

by Alan Nadel

Nadel, Professor Alan

238 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1997

About the author

Alan Nadel is the Bryan Chair of American literature and culture at the University of Kentucky, where he teaches literature and film. He is the editor of May All Your Fences Have Gates (Iowa, 1993) and the author of Invisible Criticism: Ralph Ellison and the American Canon (Iowa, 1991), Containment Culture: American Narratives, Postmodernism, and the Atomic Age, Flatlining on the Field of Dreams: Cultural Narratives in the Films of President Reagan's America, and Television in Black and White America: Race and National Identity.

Reviews

[Belinda · Rating 4 out of 5]

A really fascinating discussion of the narratives in Hollywood films of the Reagan era.