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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450931103321

Autore

Gandal Keith

Titolo

Class representation in modern fiction and film [[electronic resource] /] / Keith Gandal

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Basingstoke, : Palgrave Macmillan, c2007

ISBN

1-281-36273-5

9786611362737

0-230-60419-6

Edizione

[1st ed. 2007.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (239 p.)

Disciplina

810.9355

Soggetti

Social classes in literature

Social classes in motion pictures

American literature - 19th century - History and criticism

American literature - 20th century - History and criticism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Introduction: An Apology for Studying Class, Not Culture; Part I: Slumming Drama; Chapter 1 Award-Winning Hollywood Blockbusters; Chapter 2 A Shameful Look at Zora Neale Hurston; Part II: Class and Status Trauma; Chapter 3 Nauseating Indie Films; Chapter 4 A Spiritual Autopsy of Stephen Crane; Part III: Slumming Trauma; Chapter 5 The Cult Film Fight Club; Chapter 6 Henry Miller and the Embrace of Defilement; Appendix: Michel Foucault's Shame: Epistemology in a Closet; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S

TU; V; W; Y

Sommario/riassunto

A fresh exploration of the representation of poverty and class in American literature and film, through the juxtaposition of films, writings and the unusual lives of Zora Neale Hurston, Stephen Crane, Henry Miller and Michel Foucault. The book argues for Hurston's centrality, not merely to the African-American canon, but to the American tradition.