Projecting the end of the American dream : Hollywood's visions of U.S. decline / Gordon B. Arnold.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Arnold, Gordon B., 1954-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• American Dream in motion pictures.
• Motion pictures--Social aspects--United States--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (294 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, 2013.

Summary:

This provocative book reveals how Hollywood films reflect our deepest fears and anxieties as a country, often recording our political beliefs and cultural conditions while underscoring the darker side of the American way of life.

Contents:

• American ruin, the American dream, and Hollywood
• Backstory
• A dangerous world
• Above and below the shiny surface
• Rising paranoia
• Eruption
• Disillusion
• Shimmering façade
• Hollow world
• Apocalypse realized.

Notes:

• Description based upon print version of record.
• Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-271) and index.
• Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

• 9798216133124
• 9780313385636
• 0313385637

OCLC:

879022613