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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
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