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The post-crash decade of American cinema : Wall Street, the "mancession," and the political construction of crisis / Ewa Kowal.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kowal, Ewa, author.
- Series:
- Topomo.
- Topographies of (post)modernity : studies in 20th and 21st century literature in English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Motion pictures--United States--History and criticism.
- Motion pictures.
- Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009, in motion pictures.
- Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009, in literature.
- Masculinity in motion pictures.
- Masculinity in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (251 pages) : illustrations (black and white), digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Krakow : Jagiellonian University Press, 2023.
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Summary:
- Crisis defines the present cultural moment. From the environment, through migration, to democracy, a continuous state of emergency engulfs us - so much so that crisis appears to be one of the few things not in crisis. This volume focuses on two instances of this overwhelming trend: the latest masculinity crisis and what helped trigger it - the 2008 global financial crash. Looking at selected American cinematic texts of culture from the subsequent ten years, depicting both the causes of the crash and its victims, the volume offers answers to the questions: how has (popular) culture, in particular literature and film, responded to the greatest economic upheaval since the Great Depression, and what conclusions can be drawn from this response?
- Contents:
- The post-crash decade of American cinema wall street, the "mancession," and the political construction of crisis
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part One: Wall Street
- Chapter One: The Super-CEO, the Financial Crash in Hollywood Cinema and the Preservation of Patriarchal Power in Oliver Stone’s Wall Street and Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
- Chapter Two: The Pornography of Corporate Capitalism:The Wolf of Wall Street
- Chapter Three: A Funeral, Fun and Games,and the First Gun in Margin Call,The Big Short and Money Monster
- Part Two: The “Mancession”
- Chapter Four: The “Mancession” and Nostalgia for When “Men Knew Who They Were”:Power Tools, More Guns and Moral Comfort in The Company Men and Hell or High Water
- Chapter Five: Home in 99 Homes and The Florida Project:Women and Children Last
- Conclusion
- Filmography
- Bibliography
- Name Index
- Subject Index.
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2021.
- Includes bibliographical references, filmography and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 26, 2023).
- ISBN:
- 83-233-7105-9
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