| Description |
x, 297 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Breaking in to the Movies: An Introduction -- I. Reclaiming the Political in Popular Culture -- 1. Norma Rae: Character, Class, and Culture -- 2. Hollywood Film and the Challenge of Neofascist Culture -- 3. Line Wertmuller: Film and the Dialectic of Liberation -- 4. Looking for Mr. Goodbar: Gender and the Politics of Pleasure -- II. Hollywood Film and the War on Youth -- 5. Slacking Off: Border Youth and Postmodern Education -- 6. Culture, Class, and Pedagogy in Dead Poets Society -- 7. Children's Culture and Disney's Animated Films -- 8. The Politics of Pedagogy, Gender, and Whiteness in Dangerous Minds -- 9. Media Panics and the War Against "Kids": Larry Clark and the Politics of Diminished Hopes -- III. Race and the Culture of Violence in Hollywood Films -- 10. Racism and the Aesthetic of Hyper-real Violence: Pulp Fiction and Other Visual Tragedies -- 11. Multiculturalism and the Cultural Politics of Race in 187 |
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12. Brutalized Bodies and Emasculated Politics: Fight Club, Consumerism and Masculine Violence |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Culture in motion pictures.
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Motion pictures.
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Motion pictures -- Political aspects.
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| LC no. |
2001043106 |
| ISBN |
0631226036 cased |
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0631226044 paperback |
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