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Podcast: New Books in American Studies
Episode: Book Talk 69: American Medium, with Eyal Peretz
Description: What is âAmericaâ not only as a political entity but in our imagination? How can we properly envision America, without repeating clichĂ©s that frame America as either reactionary or revolutionary, repressive or liberatory? I spoke with Eyal Peretz about his book American Medium, which looks at Hollywood to re-imagine the concept of "America" through the medium of film. By considering six fundamental American movies: John Ford's Young Mr. Lincoln and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather, Steven Spielberg's West Side Story, and Sofia Coppola's Lost in Translation and Marie Antoinette, Peretz explains how these films do...