The cultural politics of contemporary Hollywood film : power, culture and society /
Adopting and developing a 'cultural politics' approach, this comprehensive study explores how Hollywood movies generate and reflect political myths about social and personal life that profoundly influence how we understand power relations. Instead of looking at genre, it employs three broa...
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| Formato: | Licensed eBooks |
| Idioma: | inglês |
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Manchester :
Manchester University Press
2019.
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| Acesso em linha: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv18b5htn |
| Resumo: | Adopting and developing a 'cultural politics' approach, this comprehensive study explores how Hollywood movies generate and reflect political myths about social and personal life that profoundly influence how we understand power relations. Instead of looking at genre, it employs three broad categories of film. 'Security' films present ideas concerning public order and disorder, citizen-state relations and the politics of fear. 'Relationalities' films highlight personal and intimate politics, bringing norms about identities, gender and sexuality into focus. In 'socially critical' films, particular issues and ideas are endowed with more overtly political significance. The book considers these categories as global political technologies implicated in hegemonic and 'soft power' relations whose reach is both deep and broad. |
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| Descrição Física: | 1 online resource (xi, 367 pages) |
| Bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 292-337), filmography (pages 338-359) , and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781526135742 1526135744 9781526135759 1526135752 9780719082986 0719082986 |