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L I B R A R Y O F C O N G R E S S C ATA L O G I N G - I N - P U B L I C AT I O N D ATA American cinema of the 1980s : themes and variations / edited by Stephen Prince. p. cm. — (Screen decades) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN–13: 978–0–8135–4033–7 (hardcover : alk. paper) ISBN–13: 978–0–8135–4034–4 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Motion pictures—United States—History. 2. Motion pictures—United States—Plots, themes, etc. I. Prince, Stephen, 1955– PN1993.5.U6A8578 2007 791.430973’09048—dc22 2006021861 This collection copyright © 2007 by Rutgers, The State University Individual chapters copyright © 2007 in the names of their authors All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the publisher. Please contact Rutgers University Press, 100 Joyce Kilmer Avenue, Piscataway, NJ 08854–8099. The only exception to this prohibition is “fair use” as defined by U.S. copyright law. Visit our Web site: http://rutgerspress.rutgers.edu Manufactured in the United States of America ...

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