Del i serien Forerunners: Ideas First
Prettiest Woman
Nostalgia for Late Industrial Capitalism
Häftad, Engelska, 2025
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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.
Produktinformation
- Utgivningsdatum2025-11-18
- Mått127 x 178 x 11 mm
- Vikt113 g
- FormatHäftad
- SpråkEngelska
- SerieForerunners: Ideas First
- Antal sidor82
- FörlagUniversity of Minnesota Press
- ISBN9781517918323