Dreaming identities : class, gender, and generation in 1980s Hollywood movies /: class, gender, and generation in 1980s Hollywood movies. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Elizabeth G. Traube.
• Authors: Traube, Elizabeth G
• Contents: 1. The return of the repressed: Lucas and Spielberg's Temple of Doom / Moishe Postone and Elizabeth G. Traube -- 2. Redeeming images: the wild man comes home. The renegade vet. Innocence regained. Conclusion: whose war was it? -- 3. Secrets of success in postmodern society. Vicissitudes of the success hero. Career training. Finding fulfillment in advertising. Struggling upward. Conclusion -- 4. Transforming heroes: Hollywood and the demonization of women. Workers and shape-changers: the poles of success mythology. Corporate shape-changers. A job for working men and women. The secretary and the boss from hell. The defiant one. Conclusion -- 5. Who will do the caring? Domestic men and Independent women in the movies.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 791.43/655/09048; Sex role in motion pictures; Patriarchy -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Middle class -- United States -- Attitudes; Femininity -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Feminism and motion pictures; Motion picture audiences; Femininity; Feminism and motion pictures; Middle class -- Attitudes; Motion picture audiences; Patriarchy; Sex role in motion pictures; Geschlechterverhältnis; Geschlechterrolle; Soziale Klasse; Films; Sekserol; Vrouwen; Mannen; Sociale klassen; Beeldvorming; Film; Geschichte (1980-1990); Women's Rights; Women; Culture; United States; USA; United States; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780429719332; 0429719337
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