Hard hats, rednecks, and macho men : class in 1970s American cinema / Derek Nystrom.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nystrom, Derek, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Working class in motion pictures.

Rednecks in motion pictures.

Men, White, in motion pictures.

Masculinity in motion pictures.

Motion pictures--United States--History--20th century.

Motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Everywhere you look in 1970s American cinema, you find white working-class men. The persistent appearance of working-class characters in these and other films of the 1970s reveals the powerful role class played in the key social and political developments of the decade.

Contents:

Contents; Introduction: Making Class Visible in Film and Cultural Studies; PART I: HARD HATS AND MOVIE BRATS; 1 Class and the Youth-Cult Cycle; PART II: REDNECKS AND GOOD OLE BOYS: THE RISE OF THE SOUTHERN; 2 Deliverance, An Allegory of the Sunbelt; 3 Keep On Truckin': The Southern Cycle and the Invention of the Good Ole Boy; PART III: MACHO MEN AND THE NEW NIGHTLIFE FILM; 4 Saturday Night Fever and the Queering of the White, Working-Class Male Body; 5 Extra Masculinity: Looking for Mr. Goodbar and Cruising; Conclusion: Working-Class Solidarity and Its Others

Afterword: Hard Hats Revisited: The Labor of 9/11Notes; Works Cited; Index;

Notes:

Formerly CIP.

Previously issued in print: 2009.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-045066-5

0-19-772441-8

1-282-32875-1

9786612328756

0-19-971432-0

OCLC:

472465956