The Prettiest Woman - Couverture souple

Farred, Grant

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1517918324 ISBN 13 : 9781517918323

Editeur : University of Minnesota Press, 2025

Synopsis

Uncovering Hollywood’s perpetual longing for a lost industrial America

“We don’t make things in America anymore”: like clockwork, this refrain resurfaces in political discourse, a reflection of yearning for a bygone era of industrial productivity. In his latest work, Grant Farred uses the 1990 film Pretty Woman to expose and critique this lingering nostalgia for late-industrial capitalism.

Situating Pretty Woman alongside Reagan-era films including Wall Street, Farred examines the congealment of such a pervasive romanticized view of the United States as a fading industrial powerhouse. Drawing on an eclectic range of thinkers-from Raymond Williams and Slavoj Žižek to Mick Jagger-The Prettiest Woman offers a unique analysis of the ways Hollywood perpetuates the myth of a lost “productive America,” highlighting the seductive power of this fantasy despite its disconnect from economic and political realities.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Grant Farred is author of several books, including What's My Name: Black Vernacular Intellectuals; Martin Heidegger Saved My Life; and An Essay for Ezra: Racial Terror in America (all from Minnesota).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Minnesota Press
• Date d'édition: 2025
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1517918324
• ISBN 13: 9781517918323
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 82
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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