Carl Boggs, Thomas Pollard

A World in Chaos

Social Crisis and the Rise of Postmodern Cinema

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Produktbeschreibung

Through an analysis of films such as American Beauty, Blade Runner, Natural Born Killers, and Thelma and Louise, Carl Boggs and Thomas Pollard explore the historical and theoretical shift from the long era of modernity to an emergent postmodernity and examine its intersection with film culture.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 332
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. August 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 540g
• ISBN-13: 9780742532892
• ISBN-10: 0742532895
• Artikelnr.: 21992026

Autorenporträt

Carl Boggs is professor of social sciences at National University in Los Angeles. He has written numerous books, including Imperial Delusions: American Militarism and Endless War (2005) and, with Tom Pollard, The Hollywood War Machine: Militarism and American Popular Culture (2006). He has received the Charles McCoy Career Achievement Award from the American Political Science Association.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 The New Cinematic Society Chapter 3 The Rise
and Decline of Modernism Chapter 4 The Postmodern Revolt: A New Era?
Chapter 5 The Many Faces of Postmodernism Chapter 6 The Postmodern Visual
Style Chapter 7 Postmodern Cinema in a Corporate World Chapter 8
Conclusion: Hollywood and the Decline of Political Culture Chapter 9
Filmography: Selected Postmodern Films