Movies and Mass Culture - 9780813522289
Un libro in lingua di Belton John (EDT) John Belton edito da Rutgers Univ Pr, 1995
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Movies and Mass Culture looks at the ways in which American identity shapes and is shaped by motion pictures. Movies serve not only as texts that document who we think we are or were, but they also reflect changes in our self-image, tracing the transformation from one kind of America to another. They assist audiences in negotiating major changes in identity, carrying them across difficult periods of cultural transition so that a more or less coherent national identity again emerges. Films thus help their viewers to span the gaps and fissures that cultural changes cause, allowing passage over any disjointedness that in some way might disrupt our sense of what we believe in as a nation. This volume examines this process, illustrating the ways in which films aided America's transition from an agrarian to an industrial economy; from a nation of producers to one of consumers; and from a community of individuals to a mass society.
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: Movies and Mass Culture
- Lingua: English
- Autori : Belton John (EDT) John Belton
- Editore: Rutgers Univ Pr
- Collana: Rutgers Univ Pr (Paperback)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 01 Novembre '95
- Genere: PERFORMING ARTS
- Argomenti : Motion pictures Social aspects United States Popular culture United States History 20th century Culture in motion pictures
- Dimensioni mm: 228 x 152 x 19
- ISBN-10: 0813522285
- EAN-13: 9780813522289