LEADER 03566nam 2200589 a 450 001 9910777512903321 005 20230607221816.0 010 $a0-292-79652-8 024 7 $a10.7560/709119 035 $a(CKB)1000000000461886 035 $a(OCoLC)191935930 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10172711 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000117947 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11145965 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000117947 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10050337 035 $a(PQKB)10064641 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3442978 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse2005 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3442978 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10172711 035 $a(DE-B1597)588022 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780292796522 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000461886 100 $a20020212d2002 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCareer movies$b[electronic resource] $eAmerican business and the success mystique /$fJack Boozer 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAustin, TX $cUniversity of Texas Press$d2002 215 $a1 online resource (301 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-292-70911-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [275]-280) and index. 327 $aMachine generated contents note: INTRODUCTION 1 -- CHAPTER 1. THE CLASSICAL CORPORATE EXECUTIVE FILM 18 -- CHAPTER 2. THE EMERGENCE OF THE CAREER WOMAN 50 -- CHAPTER 3. THE ENTREPRENEURIAL IMPULSE 95 -- CHAPTER 4. HUCKSTER FOREPLAY: THE PROMOTION INDUSTRY 146 -- CHAPTER 5. WORKING IN AMERICAN TELEVIRTUALITY 199 -- CONCLUSION 238 -- LIST OF FILM STILLS 251. 330 $aAchieving the American Dream became inextricably linked with career/business success after World War II, as an increasingly consumerist America learned to define the dream through possessions and status. Not surprisingly, Hollywood films in the postwar years reflected the country's preoccupation with work and career success, offering both dramatic and comedic visions of the career quest and its effects on personal fulfillment, family relations, women's roles, and the creation (or destruction) of just and caring communities. In this book, Jack Boozer argues that the career/business film achieved such variety and prominence in the years between 1945 and 2001 that it should be considered a legitimate film genre. Analyzing numerous well-known films from the entire period, he defines the genre as one in which a protagonist strives for career success that often proves to be either elusive despite hard work, or unfulfilling despite material rewards and status. Boozer also explores several distinct subgenres of the career movie?the corporate executive films of the 1950s; the career struggles of (single, married, and/or parenting) women; the entrepreneurial film as it is also embodied in texts about immigrants and racial and ethnic minorities and business-oriented femmes fatales; the explosion of promotionalism and the corporatization of employment; and, finally, the blurring of work and private life in the brave new world of the televirtuality film. 606 $aBusiness in motion pictures 606 $aMotion pictures$zUnited States 615 0$aBusiness in motion pictures. 615 0$aMotion pictures 676 $a791.43/655 700 $aBoozer$b Jack$f1944-$01467507 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777512903321 996 $aCareer movies$93678176 997 $aUNINA