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Hollywood Blockbusters: The Anthropology of Popular Movies

By David Sutton , Peter Wogan

Book information

Publisher
Berg Publishers
Year
2009
ISBN
1847884865, 9781847884862, 9781847884855
LCC
PN1995.9.S6 S88 2009
Open Library ID
OL23725288M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3018703 bytes)
Pages
191\191
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

Why do Jaws, Field of Dreams, The Big Lebowski, and The Godfather remain strikingly popular in this age of fragmented audiences and ever-faster spin cycles? Hollywood Blockbusters argues that these films continue to captivate audiences because they play upon underlying tensions and problems in American culture, much like the myths that anthropologists study in non-Western contexts. In making this argument, the authors employ and extend anthropological theories about ritual, kinship, gift giving, power, egalitarianism, literacy, metalinguistics, stereotypes, and the mysteries of the Other. The results—original insights into modern film classics, American culture, and anthropological theory—will appeal to students of Film, Media, Anthropology, Sociology, and Cultural Studies.

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