<p>Contents<br/><br/>List of Figures<br/><br/>Acknowledgements<br/><br/>Introduction<br/><br/>1: The 'New Wave' and 'Old Hollywood': The Day of the Locust (1975), 'Movies about the Movies' and the Generational Divide<br/><br/>2: 'The Birth of Black Consciousness on the Screen'?: the African American Historical Experience, Blaxploitation, and the Production and Reception of Sounder (1972)<br/><br/>3: 'Having Our Cake and Eating it': The Dirty Dozen (1967), the World War II Combat Film and Vietnam<br/><br/>4: 'Not beautiful in the right way': Star Image, Politics and Romance in The Way We Were (1973)<br/><br/>5: Chapter 5: American Graffiti (1973) and Grease (1978): the 'Fifties' as Myth and Comment<br/><br/>Conclusion<br/><br/>Bibliography<br/><br/>Filmography<br/><br/></p>