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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Winn, J. Emmett (John Emmett), 1959- American dream and contemporary Hollywood cinema. New York : Continuum, 2007 (OCoLC)608479050 |
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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
J Emmett Winn |
| ISBN: | 9780826428615 0826428614 |
| OCLC Number: | 122309236 |
| Description: | x, 163 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents: | 1. The American Dream, Upward Mobility, and Hollywood Film -- The American Language of Class -- Understanding the Resiliency of the American Dream -- Defining the American Dream -- The American Dream, the Self, and Hollywood's Contemporary Era -- Rhetorical Assessment of Filmic Value Systems -- Rhetorical Analyses of the American Dream in Popular Culture -- The Themes of Upward Mobility in Contemporary Hollywood Cinema -- 2. Moralizing Mobility -- Working Girl -- An Officer and a Gentleman -- Flashdance -- Saturday Night Fever -- The Enduring Nature of the American Dream -- Moralizing Mobility -- Working-Class Heroes and the Working-Class Life -- 3. Moralizing Failure -- Wall Street -- The Firm -- Someone to Watch Over Me. |
| Responsibility: | J. Emmett Winn. |
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