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Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction: The Elephant in the Center of the Room 1 1. “I’m Sorry I Didn’t Tell You about the World”: Spielberg’s Science-Fiction and Fantasy Films 11 2. “They Don’t Know What They’ve Got There”: Spielberg’s Action/Adventure Melodramas 63 3. “Objects in the Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear”: Spielberg’s Monster Movies 119 4. “The World Has Taken a Turn for the Surreal”: Spielberg’s World War II Combat Films 180 5. “Whoever Tells the Best Story Wins”: Spielberg’s Social Problem/Ethnic Minority Films 244 6. “Control Is Power”: Imagining the Holocaust 290 Filmography 325 Works Cited 333 Index 347 ...

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