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A World in Chaos
Social Crisis and the Rise of Postmodern Cinema
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2003
Summary
A World in Chaos: Social Crisis and the Rise of Postmodern Cinema traces the evolution of postmodern cinema through its multiple and overlapping expressions. Through an analysis of films such as American Beauty, Blade Runner, Natural Born Killers, and Thelma and Loiuse, 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. Unlike most works on media studies, Boggs and Pollard bring together elements of sociology, history, economics, literature, communications, and pop culture to fully explore the complex developmental interaction between film and society.
The resulting work illuminates the different, often conflicted and contradictory, currents at work in the film industry that long ago departed from the ritualized practices of the classical studio system. Engagingly and clearly written, A World in Chaos is perfect for film and pop culture enthusiasts as well as everyone interested in the role of film in American society.
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Copyright year
2003
ISBN-Print
978-0-7425-3288-5
ISBN-Online
978-1-4616-3644-1
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
315
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CONTENTS No access
PREFACE No access
1 THE NEWCINEMATIC SOCIETY No access Pages 1 - 36
2 THE RISE AND DECLINE OFMODERNISM No access Pages 37 - 74
3 THE POSTMODERN REVOLT: A NEW ERA? No access Pages 75 - 126
4 THE MANY FACES OF POSTMODERNISM No access Pages 127 - 186
5 THE POSTMODERN VISUAL STYLE No access Pages 187 - 212
6 POSTMODERN CINEMA IN A CORPORATE WORLD No access Pages 213 - 238
CONCLUSION: HOLLYWOOD AND THE DECLINE OF POLITICAL CULTURE No access Pages 239 - 250
FILMOGRAPHY: SELECTED POSTMODERN FILMS No access Pages 251 - 280
