| Description |
x, 297 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Norma Rae : character, class, and culture -- Hollywood film and the challenge of neofascist culture -- Lina Wertmuller : film and the dialectic of liberation -- Looking for Mr. Goodbar : gender and the politics of pleasure -- Slacking off : border youth and postmodern education -- Culture, class, and pedagogy in Dead poets society -- Children's culture and Disney's animated films -- The politics of pedagogy, gender, and whiteness in Dangerous minds -- Media panics and the war against "kids" : Larry Clark and the politics of diminished hopes -- Racism and the aesthetic of hyper-real violence : Pulp fiction and other visual tragedies -- Multiculturalism and the cultural politics of race in 187 -- Brutalized bodies and emasculated politics : Fight club, consumerism and masculine violence. |
| Subject |
Motion pictures.
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Motion pictures -- Political aspects.
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| ISBN |
0631226044 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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0631226036 (alk. paper) |
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