FYI: Book announcement.

MODERATOR'S NOTE:  HERE IS A BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT FROM PETER ROLLINS, A LONG-TIME H-FILM SUPPORTER.  --k

From: Dr. Peter C. Rollins ([email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>)
Subject: America Reflected: Language, Satire, Film and the National Mind

Peter C. Rollins is pleased to announce the recent release of America Reflected: Language, Satire, Film, and the National Mind, a collection of best previously published essays regarding ‘distinctive American voices from the ante-bellum era to the present. Spanning several decades, this is a definitive collection of Rollins’ most insightful works as an American studies scholar with interests in popular culture and film. This collection contains:


•         6 chapters on Will Rogers and his impact on American life as satirist, radio pundit and film star

•         3 chapters on anthropological linguist, Benjamin Lee Whorf, whose linguistic relativity hypothesis is still being actively challenged and defended

•         2 chapters on WWI and American culture

•         3 chapters on WWII as remembered in artifacts and film

•         2 chapters on the Cold War in television documentaries

•         9 chapters on how Vietnam has been remembered in literature and film

•         6 chapters on American studies favorites Harriet Beecher Stowe, Frederick Henry Hedge, Amy Lowell, John James Audubon, and environmental films

This volume has a foreword by Michael T. Marsden and is dedicated to Ray and Pat Browne- all of them mentors. Lavishly illustrated, America Reflected should be on the shelves of university libraries where American culture or film is studied.

For more information and reviews, or to purchase this book, we invite you to visit the following websites:

www.petercrollins.com<http://www.petercrollins.com/>    (where 8 reviews are posted)
http://www.newacademia.com/academic-books/cinema-film-studies/america-reflected-language-satire-film-and-the-national-mind/
http://www.amazon.com/America-Reflected-Language-Satire-National/dp/0984406255/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1340040200&sr=1-1&keywords=america+reflected