{"title":"Heather Hendershot","description":"\u003cp\u003eHeather Hendershot’s work delves into significant moments of \u003cstrong\u003eAmerican arts and culture\u003c\/strong\u003e, exploring how media and history intersect to shape public understanding. Her books, such as \u003cem\u003eNashville\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eWhen the News Broke\u003c\/em\u003e, offer insightful perspectives on cultural expression and the powerful role of news in societal change.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect thoughtfully researched narratives that illuminate the complexities of historical events and cultural movements. Hendershot’s writing invites reflection on the ways media and history influence each other, making her collections essential for those interested in \u003cstrong\u003ehistory and military\u003c\/strong\u003e through a cultural lens.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"when-the-news-broke-by-heather-hendershot-9780226833286","title":"When the News Broke","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA riveting, blow-by-blow account of how the network broadcasts of the 1968 Democratic convention shattered faith in American media.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"The whole world is watching!\" cried protestors at the 1968 Democratic convention as Chicago police beat them in the streets. When some of that violence was then aired on network television, another kind of hell broke loose. Some viewers were stunned and outraged; others thought the protestors deserved what they got. No one—least of all Chicago mayor Richard J. Daley—was happy with how the networks handled it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eWhen the News Broke\u003c\/em\u003e, Heather Hendershot revisits TV coverage of those four chaotic days in 1968—not only the violence in the streets but also the tumultuous convention itself, where Black citizens and others forcefully challenged southern delegations that had excluded them, anti-Vietnam delegates sought to change the party's policy on the war, and journalists and delegates alike were bullied by both Daley's security forces and party leaders. Ultimately, Hendershot reveals the convention as a pivotal moment in American political history, when a distorted notion of \"liberal media bias\" became mainstreamed and nationalized.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAt the same time, she celebrates the values of the network news professionals who strived for fairness and accuracy. Despite their efforts, however, Chicago proved to be a turning point in the public's trust in national news sources. Since those critical days, the political Right in the United States has amplified distrust of TV news, to the point where even the truest and most clearly documented stories can be deemed \"fake.\" As Hendershot demonstrates, it doesn't matter whether the \"whole world is watching\" if people don't believe what they see.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47000843026668,"sku":"9780226833286","price":37.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/20561143482268.jpg?v=1763309553"},{"product_id":"when-the-news-broke-by-heather-hendershot-9780226768526","title":"When the News Broke","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA riveting, blow-by-blow account of how the network broadcasts of the 1968 Democratic convention shattered faith in American media.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“The whole world is watching!” cried protestors at the 1968 Democratic convention as Chicago police beat them in the streets. When some of that violence was then aired on network television, another kind of hell broke loose. Some viewers were stunned and outraged; others thought the protestors deserved what they got. No one—least of all Chicago mayor Richard Daley—was happy with how the networks handled it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eWhen the News Broke\u003c\/em\u003e, Heather Hendershot revisits TV coverage of those four chaotic days in 1968—not only the violence in the streets but also the tumultuous convention itself, where Black citizens and others forcefully challenged southern delegations that had excluded them, anti-Vietnam delegates sought to change the party’s policy on the war, and journalists and delegates alike were bullied by both Daley’s security forces and party leaders. Ultimately, Hendershot reveals the convention as a pivotal moment in American political history when a mistaken notion of “liberal media bias” became mainstreamed and nationalized.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAt the same time, she celebrates the values of the network news professionals who strived for fairness and accuracy. Despite their efforts, however, Chicago proved to be a turning point in the public’s trust in national news sources. Since those pivotal days, the political Right in the United States has amplified distrust of TV news, to the point where even the truest and most clearly documented stories can be deemed “fake.” As Hendershot reveals, it doesn’t matter if the “whole world is watching” if people don’t believe what they see.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47000843059436,"sku":"9780226768526","price":56.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/19913543482268.jpg?v=1763309564"},{"product_id":"nashville-by-heather-hendershot-9781839028946","title":"Nashville","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert Altman’s Nashville\u003c\/i\u003e (1975) is simultaneously an intimate film about interpersonal connection and disconnection, and a sprawling, meandering portrait of American societal exhaustion in the wake of Vietnam, Watergate and a spate of political assassinations. Despite its pessimistic, satirical viewpoint, the film suggests a carefully guarded optimism: ‘life may be a one-way street’, but one has no choice but to ‘keep a' goin’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHeather Hendershot places \u003ci\u003eNashville\u003c\/i\u003e in the context of the New Hollywood of the 1970s, which offered a post-censorship anti-hero, the perennial loser. Embracing the new pessimism, Altman’s work fits with those of contemporaries such as Martin Scorsese and Peter Bogdanovich, but it also stands apart for its innovative sound design, improvisatory drive, and loose genre commitments.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThrough a close reading of the five days over which the film takes place, Hendershot unpacks both its political dynamics and the characters’ interrelationships and motivations. She highlights \u003ci\u003eNashville\u003c\/i\u003e’s criticism of the suffering of its female characters, an engagement that springs from Joan Tewkesbury’s screenplay, Altman’s sensitivity to gendered exploitation (here, if not in all of his pictures), and the role the performers themselves played by improvising and scripting some of their own material.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PTY Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47426247164140,"sku":"9781839028946","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781839028946.jpg?v=1774767967"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/heather-hendershot.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}