Soured on the system : disaffected men in 20th century American film / Robert T. Schultz.
Soured on the system : disaffected men in 20th century American film / Robert T. Schultz.
Soured on the system : disaffected men in 20th century American film / Robert T. Schultz.
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Publisher
Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2012.
Date
2012.
Call Numbers
N791.43652/51
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Language
English
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Physical content
x, 228 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents
Preface -- Introduction: the roots and early cultural representations of discontented and disaffected men, 1853-1945 -- Negotiating corporate life: adapting to the organized system in the 1940s and 1950s -- Gunslingers and gangsters in the age of corporate combinations: the veiled struggle against t...
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Publisher
Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2012.
Place of Publication
North Carolina
Date Published
2012.
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Summary
"This work analyzes popular films produced in the years of significant historical change from 1946 to the end of the twentieth century. Disaffected male characters represent traditional values of independent thought and action as they negotiate life in the "organized system" (corporate life and the consumer culture) increasingly demanding dependenc...
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Soured on the system : disaffected men in 20th century American film / Robert T. Schultz.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 199-223) and index.
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N791.43652/51
Record Identifier
74Vv8lZl55vO
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vv8lZl55vO
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ISBN
0786469919 (softcover : alk. paper)
9780786469918 (softcover : alk. paper)
DDC
791.43/65211
MMS ID
991014361339702626
