Social Life in the Movies : How Hollywood Imagines War, Schools, Romance, Aging, and Social Inequality | 1st edition

by James J. Dowd

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Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Language	English
Book type	Paperback
Utgiven	2020-10-28
Edition	1
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Pages	188
ISBN	9780367277161
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Through an analysis of hundreds of Hollywood movies, this book examines some of the most contentious social issues of our time, including racism, social inequality, sexism, and gerontophobia. With studies of some of the most enduring film genres in Hollywood’s history, including romantic films such as Casablanca, war movies from World War II through the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts, alienation films, including Five Easy Pieces and Lost in Translation, the school movie, from Goodbye, Mr. Chips to other films set in academia, including Dead Poets Society and Dangerous Minds, the book outlines and demonstrates the sociological approach to viewing films and highlights the socially conservative nature of much Hollywood movie production, which draws on common stereotypes and reinforces dominant cultural values - but is also capable of challenging and serving to change them.

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