The American dream and contemporary Hollywood cinema / J. Emmett Winn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Winn, J. Emmett (John Emmett), 1959- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion pictures--United States.

Motion pictures.

Social classes in motion pictures.

Working class in motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (174 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York ; London : Continuum, 2007.

Language Note:

English

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. The book explicates three major themes surrounding the American Dream in contemporary Hollywood cinema and relates those findings to the United States' social and cultural changes in the last 25 years. Through his thoughtful analysis of films as diverse as Working Girl, Titanic, Pretty Woman, Flashdance, The Firm, Good Will Hunting, Saturday Night Fever, Wall Street and many others, Winn shows that contemporary Hollywood is very much in the business of keeping the Dream alive."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

1. Intro to Hollywood Cinema and the American Dream

2. Moralizing Mobility

3. Every Dream Has Its Price

4. The Thereapeutic Drama of Cross-Class Relationships

5. Success and Failure in Hollywood's American Dream

Bibliography

Filmography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 152-160) and index.

ISBN:

9786613202604

9781628929010

1628929014

9781283202602

1283202603

9781441109651

144110965X

OCLC:

745866773