Projecting the End of the American Dream
Regular price
€62.99
14 days return policy
Shipping & Delivery
A01=Gordon B. Arnold
Author_Gordon B. Arnold
Category=ATF
Category=JP
Culture Wars of the 1980s and 1990s
eq_art-fashion-photography
eq_bestseller
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
eq_society-politics
Hollywood and American Moral Decline
Hollywood and Social Upheaval of the 1960s
Hollywood and the Failure of American Institutions
Hollywood Ten
House Un-American Activities Committee
Idea of Apocalypse in American Culture
Joseph McCarthy
New Hollywood
Product details
- ISBN 9780313385636
- Weight: 652g
- Dimensions: 156 x 235mm
- Publication Date: 09 Apr 2013
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
Secure
checkout
Fast Shipping
Easy returns
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.
Long before the war in Iraq and the economic crises of the early 21st century, Hollywood has depicted a grim view of life in the United States, one that belies the prosperity and abundance of the so-called American Dream. While the country emerged from World War II as a world power, collectively our sense of security had been threatened. The result is a cinematic body of work that has America's decline and ruin as a central theme. The author draws from popular films across all genres and six decades to illustrate how the political climate of the times influenced their creation.
Projecting the End of the American Dream: Hollywood's Visions of U.S. Decline combines film history, social history, and political history to reveal important themes in the unfolding American narrative. Discussions focus on a wide variety of films, including Rambo, Planet of the Apes, and Easy Rider.
Gordon B. Arnold, PhD, is professor of liberal arts at Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, MA.
