Thomas E. Wartenberg

Unlikely Couples (eBook, PDF)

Movie Romance As Social Criticism

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Produktbeschreibung

The author directly challenges the view that narrative cinema inherently supports the dominant social interests by examining the way popular films about "unlikely couples" explore, expose, and criticize societal attitudes, boundaries, and prejudices.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Mai 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429971877
• Artikelnr.: 56861891

Autorenporträt

Thomas E. Wartenberg is professor of philosophy at Mount Holyoke College and was chair of the film program there from 1991-1999.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Filmography
Preface
Acknowledgments
The Subversive Potential of the Unlikely Couple Film
Destabilizing Hierarchy
King Kong's Critique of "Civilization
"
Outlining the Genre
Notes
Part 1 Class
Pygmalion: The Flower Girl and the Bachelor
Establishing Difference
Class as Obstacle
Transforming Eliza
The Ethics of Bachelorhood
The Problem of an Ending
Notes
It Happened One Night: An Education in Humility
A Brat and a Lout
Ellie's Brattiness
Peter the Know-It-All
Ellie's Education for Democracy
Men's Ways of Knowing It All
Conclusion
Notes
Pretty Woman: A Fairy Tale of Oedipalized Capitalism
Two Characters in Search of Salvation
From Flower Girl to Prostitute
"Cinderella'' as a Tale of Moral Rectification
Shopping Esprit
Oedipus in the Boardroom
A Happy Ending
Notes
White Palace: Dustbuster Epiphanies
An Overdetermined Unlikeliness
The Source of Connection
Nora as Marilyn
Overcoming Ambivalence
A Problematic Ending
Notes
Part 2 Race
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner: Does Father Really Know Best?
Defending Liberalism and Integration
Privileging Romantic Love
Representing Racism
Naturalizing Integration
Conflicting Strategies
Notes
Jungle Fever: Souring on Forbidden Fruit
Being Black in White America
The Education of Flipper Purify
Angie's Story
Conclusion
Notes
Mississippi Masala: Love in a Postcolonial World
The Politics of Postcolonial Life
The Failure of Ethnicity
Two Communities
Two Responses
Romance in Solidarity
Two Reconciliations
Notes
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul: The Privileges of "Race"
Creating the Couple
Exploring Racial Privilege
Love Versus Privilege
A Final Problem
Notes
Part 3 Sexual Orientation
Desert Hearts: Betting on Lesbian Love
"If You Don't Play
You Can't Win
"
Disarming Homophobia
Representing Lesbian Love
The Problem of Class
Notes
The Crying Game: Loving in Ignorance
Destabilizing Sexuality
A Strategy of Deception
Destabilizing Difference
Unveiling Difference
Overcoming Difference
The Politics of Redemption
Notes
Movie Romance and the Critique of Hierarchy
Narrative Film and Social Criticism
Romance and Self-Development
Strategies of Critique
The Unlikely Couple Film as Mass Art
A Parting Word
Notes
Bibliography
Index