Projecting the end of the American dream : Hollywood's visions of U.S. decline / / Gordon B. Arnold
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| Autore: |
Arnold Gordon B. <1954->
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| Titolo: |
Projecting the end of the American dream : Hollywood's visions of U.S. decline / / Gordon B. Arnold
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| Pubblicazione: | Santa Barbara, California : , : Praeger, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (294 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 791.43/6587392 |
| Soggetto topico: | American Dream in motion pictures |
| Motion pictures - Social aspects - United States - History - 20th century | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-271) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | American ruin, the American dream, and Hollywood -- Backstory -- A dangerous world -- Above and below the shiny surface -- Rising paranoia -- Eruption -- Disillusion -- Shimmering façade -- Hollow world -- Apocalypse realized. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This provocative book reveals how Hollywood films reflect our deepest fears and anxieties as a country, often recording our political beliefs and cultural conditions while underscoring the darker side of the American way of life. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Projecting the end of the American dream |
| ISBN: | 979-82-16-13312-4 |
| 0-313-38563-7 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910816878703321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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