| Description |
1 online resource (174 pages) |
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1. The American Dream, Upward Mobility, and Hollywood Film -- The American Language of Class -- Understanding the Resiliency of the American Dream -- Defining the American Dream -- The American Dream, the Self, and Hollywood's Contemporary Era -- Rhetorical Assessment of Filmic Value Systems -- Rhetorical Analyses of the American Dream in Popular Culture -- The Themes of Upward Mobility in Contemporary Hollywood Cinema -- 2. Moralizing Mobility -- Working Girl -- An Officer and a Gentleman -- Flashdance -- Saturday Night Fever -- The Enduring Nature of the American Dream -- Moralizing Mobility -- Working-Class Heroes and the Working-Class Life -- 3. Moralizing Failure -- Wall Street -- The Firm -- Someone to Watch Over Me |
| Summary |
While the myth of a classless America endures in the American Dream, the very stratification that it denies unfairly affects the majority of Americans. Study after study shows that it's increasingly difficult for working class people to achieve upward mobility in the US - so how does the American Dream continue to thrive?. J. Emmett Winn€shows us€that the American Dream's continued glorification in contemporary Hollywood cinema should not be ignored. Through his thoughtful analysis of films as diverse as Working Girl, Titanic, Pretty Woman, Flashdance, The Firm, Good Will Hunting, Sa |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 152-160) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Working class in motion pictures.
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Social classes in motion pictures.
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Motion pictures -- United States.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- Reference.
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ART -- Film & Video.
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Motion pictures
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Social classes in motion pictures
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Working class in motion pictures
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American dream
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Filmkunst.
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Sociale aspecten.
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United States
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USA
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Hollywood (Calif.).
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781441109651 |
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144110965X |
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1283202603 |
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9781283202602 |
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9780826428615 |
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0826428614 |
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