{"product_id":"dirty-harrys-america-clint-eastwood-harry-callahan-and-the-conservative-backlash-hardcover","title":"Dirty Harry's America: Clint Eastwood, Harry Callahan, and the Conservative Backlash - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoe Street\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Street provides a crucial critical and cultural service by not only studying Eastwood's individual films in sharp detail but also by providing a close and serious analysis of the cultural and historic times of the films.\"--Sam B. Girgus, author of \u003ci\u003eClint Eastwood's America\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"By far the most comprehensive, sustained, and detailed discussion of the Dirty Harry phenomenon. A thorough and engaging account of how a fictitious renegade cop became an enduring icon of the angry conservative backlash that sought to halt 1960s liberalism in its tracks.\"--Nick Heffernan, author of \u003ci\u003eCulture, Environment and Ecopolitics\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Clint Eastwood's Dirty Harry became the prototype for a new kind of movie cop--an antihero in pursuit of his own vision of justice. The \u003ci\u003eDirty Harry\u003c\/i\u003e series helped cement Eastwood and his character, Harry Callahan, as central figures in 1970s and 1980s Hollywood cinema. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eDirty Harry's America\u003c\/i\u003e, Joe Street argues that the movies shed critical light on the culture and politics of the post-1960s era and locates San Francisco as the symbolic cultural battleground of the time. Across the entire series, conservative anger and moral outrage confront elitist liberalism and moral relativism. Paying particular attention the films' representation of crime, family and community, sexuality, and race, Street maintains that through referencing real events and political struggles, the films themselves became active participants in the culture wars. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Unapologetic carrier of right and might, Harry Callahan becomes America's Ur-conservative: \"unbending, moral, incorruptible, and most important, always right.\" Long after the series, Callahan's legacy remains strong in American political discourse, cinema, and pop culture, and he continues to shape Eastwood's later political and cinematic career. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoe Street\u003c\/b\u003e is senior lecturer in American history at Northumbria University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Culture War in the Civil Rights Movement\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 280\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 09, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757771751712,"sku":"9780813061672","price":121.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/135086477b84ece8c29829e1361b29e9_101ae78a-c1a8-4203-8d60-d692a68e0748.webp?v=1780111404","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/dirty-harrys-america-clint-eastwood-harry-callahan-and-the-conservative-backlash-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}