Chris Cagle

Sociology on Film

Postwar Hollywood's Prestige Commodity

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Produktbeschreibung

After World War II, Hollywood’s “social problem films”—tackling topical issues that included racism, crime, mental illness, and drug abuse—were hits with critics and general moviegoers alike. Sociology on Film considers the postwar “problem film” as a form of popular sociology, translating contemporary policy debates and intellectual discussions into cinematic form. Examining the politics and aesthetics of films like Gentleman’s Agreement and The Lost Weekend, Chris Cagle explores how the genre both shaped and reflected the middle-class audience’s views of society. 

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 194
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Dezember 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 281g
• ISBN-13: 9780813576930
• ISBN-10: 0813576938
• Artikelnr.: 44942887

Autorenporträt

Cagle, Chris

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
 
Introduction
 
1Two Modes of Prestige Film
 
2Hollywood as Popular Sociology
 
3Hollywood and the Public Sphere
 
4A Genre Out of Cycles
 
5Realist Melodrama
 
Epilogue
 
Notes
Index