Deconstructing Dirty Dancing - Couverture souple

Naish, Stephen

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1782799710 ISBN 13 : 9781782799719

Editeur : Zer0 Books, 2017

Synopsis

Renowned film critic Roger Ebert said Dirty Dancing ""might have been a decent movie if it had allowed itself to be about anything."" In this broadly researched and accessible text, Stephen Lee Naish sets out to deconstruct and unlock a film that has haunted him for decades, and argues that Dirty Dancing, the 1987 sleeper hit about a young middle-class girl who falls for a handsome working-class dance instructor, is actually about everything. The film is a union of history, politics, sixties and eighties culture, era-defining music, class, gender, and race, and of course features one of the best love stories set to film. Using scene-by-scene analyses, personal interpretation, and comparative study, it's time to take Dirty Dancing out of the corner and place it under the microscope.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Stephen Lee Naishs writing explores film, politics, and popular culture. His essays have appeared in Candid Magazine, The Quietus, Empty Mirror, 3:AM, and The Hong Kong Review of Books. He is the author of the essay collection U.ESS.AY: Politics and Humanity in American Film (Zer0 Books) and the forthcoming book Create or Die: Essays on the Artistry of Dennis Hopper (Amsterdam University Press). He lives in Kingston, Ontario.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Zer0 Books
• Date d'édition: 2017
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1782799710
• ISBN 13: 9781782799719
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 88
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible