Physical Description
361 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction : The elephant in the center of the room
1. "I'm sorry I didn't tell you about the world" : Spielberg's science-fiction and fantasy films
2. "They don't know what they've got there" : Spielberg's action/adventure melodramas
3. "Objects in the mirror are closer than they appear" : Spielberg's monster movies
4. "The world has taken a turn for the surreal" : Spielberg's World War II combat films
5. "Whoever tells the best story wins" : Spielberg's social problem/ethnic minority films
6. "Control is power" : imagining the Holocaust
Filmography
Works cited
Index.
ISBN
0252031148
9780252031144 (cloth : alk. paper)
0252073584 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780252073588 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes
Filmography: p. [325]-332.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [333]-345) and index.
Acknowledgments -- Introduction : The elephant in the center of the room -- 1. "I'm sorry I didn't tell you about the world" : Spielberg's science-fiction and fantasy films -- 2. "They don't know what they've got there" : Spielberg's action/adventure melodramas -- 3. "Objects in the mirror are closer than they appear" : Spielberg's monster movies -- 4. "The world has taken a turn for the surreal" : Spielberg's World War II combat films -- 5. "Whoever tells the best story wins" : Spielberg's social problem/ethnic minority films -- 6. "Control is power" : imagining the Holocaust -- Filmography -- Works cited -- Index.
