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Out of sync and out of work : history and the obsolescence of labor in contemporary culture / Joel Burges.
LIBRA PN1995.9.L28 B97 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Burges, Joel, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States.
- Working class in motion pictures.
- Working class in literature.
- Unemployed in literature.
- Motion pictures--Social aspects--United States.
- Motion pictures.
- Motion pictures--Social aspects.
- American fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
- American fiction.
- English fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
- English fiction.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- v, 204 pages ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- Out of sync & out of work
- Place of Publication:
- New Brunswick : Rutgers University Press, [2018]
- Summary:
- "Out of Sync & Out of Work explores the representation of obsolescence, particularly of labor, in film and literature during a historical moment in which automation has intensified in capitalist economies. Joel Burges analyzes texts such as The Invention of Hugo Cabret, Wreck-It Ralph, Fantastic Mr. Fox, and Iron Council, and examines their "means" of production. Those means include a range of subjects and narrative techniques, including the "residual means" of including classic film stills in a text, the "obstinate means" of depicting machine breaking, the "dated means" of employing the largely defunct technique of stop-motion animation, and the "obsolete" means of celebrating a labor strike. In every case, the novels and films that Burges scrutinizes call on these means to activate the reader's/viewer's awareness of historical time. Out of Sync & Out of Work advances its readers' grasp of the complexities of historical time in contemporary culture, moving the study of temporality forward in film and media studies, literary studies, critical theory, and cultural critique"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction: falling into history
- Culture by outmoded means
- Reading by residual means
- Narrative by obstinate means
- Cinema by dated means
- Politics by obsolete means.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780813597119
- 0813597110
- 9780813597126
- 0813597129
- OCLC:
- 1007554050
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