03201nam 22006491 450 991078979320332120200514202323.01-62892-901-41-283-20260-397866132026041-4411-0965-X10.5040/9781628929010(CKB)2670000000107262(EBL)743273(OCoLC)745866773(SSID)ssj0000520856(PQKBManifestationID)12186533(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000520856(PQKBWorkID)10517566(PQKB)10645358(MiAaPQ)EBC743273(Au-PeEL)EBL743273(CaPaEBR)ebr10488122(CaONFJC)MIL320260(UtOrBLW)bpp09258698(EXLCZ)99267000000010726220150326d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe American dream and contemporary Hollywood cinema /J. Emmett WinnNew York ;London :Continuum,2007.1 online resource (174 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4411-2975-8 0-8264-2861-4 Includes bibliographical references (pages 152-160) and index.1. Intro to Hollywood Cinema and the American Dream -- 2. Moralizing Mobility -- 3. Every Dream Has Its Price -- 4. The Thereapeutic Drama of Cross-Class Relationships -- 5. Success and Failure in Hollywood's American Dream -- Bibliography -- Filmography -- Index"While the myth of a classless America endures in the American Dream, the very stratification that it denies unfairly affects the majority of Americans. Study after study shows that it's increasingly difficult for working class people to achieve upward mobility in the US - so how does the American Dream continue to thrive? J. Emmett Winn shows us that the American Dream's continued glorification in contemporary Hollywood cinema should not be ignored. The book explicates three major themes surrounding the American Dream in contemporary Hollywood cinema and relates those findings to the United States' social and cultural changes in the last 25 years. Through his thoughtful analysis of films as diverse as Working Girl, Titanic, Pretty Woman, Flashdance, The Firm, Good Will Hunting, Saturday Night Fever, Wall Street and many others, Winn shows that contemporary Hollywood is very much in the business of keeping the Dream alive."--Bloomsbury Publishing.Motion picturesUnited StatesSocial classes in motion picturesWorking class in motion picturesFilm theory & criticismMotion picturesSocial classes in motion pictures.Working class in motion pictures.791.43/652624Winn J. Emmett(John Emmett),1959-951438UtOrBLWUtOrBLWUkLoBPBOOK9910789793203321The American dream and contemporary Hollywood cinema3847681UNINA