Article: Hauntings: Popular Film and American Culture, 1990-1992. (book reviews)

The early 1990s were volatile years in which top news stories reflected social and political tensions in U.S. culture. One may cite, for example, the Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings, Rodney King and the Los Angeles riots, Amy Fisher, the Branch Davidians, Ross Perot, Michael Milken, Jeffrey Dahmer, the Dan Quayle/Murphy Brown debacle, and AIDS. In Hauntings: Popular Film and American Culture, 1990-1992, Joseph Natoli addresses that confused time and the issues that dominated it. A volume in the SUNY Series in Postmodern Culture, Hauntings contains 15 essays that show the interplay between movies and current events.

The essays, written over a three-year period, ...

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