TY - BOOK ID - 138238178 TI - Americanization of history PY - 2011 SN - 1283141949 1443826243 9786613141941 9781443825795 1443825794 9781443826242 9781283141949 6613141941 PB - Newcastle upon Tyne Cambridge Scholars DB - UniCat KW - Motion pictures and history. KW - Television and history KW - Motion pictures and literature KW - Television and literature UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:138238178 AB - This collection of essays searches for how history and literature translate into filmic texts reflecting the time and place of the translation. Major motion pictures as well as television movies and series are the sites of this exploration. The opening essay surveys what films tell us it means to be set in a medieval time, while the second looks at one of the most powerful movie studios since the earliest days of movie-making, Walt Disney Studios. The second section investigates classic Ameri... ER -