Title: The American success myth on film /
Authors: Levinson, Julie R.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan,
Year: 2012
Subjects: Success in motion pictures.; Myth in motion pictures.; Work in motion pictures.; Social mobility in motion pictures.; Motion pictures United States; PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / General.; PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / History & Criticism.; National characteristics, American, in motion pictures.; Success in popular culture United States.; American Dream.; ART Film & Video.; PERFORMING ARTS Film & Video Reference.; Individual film directors, film-makers.; Film: styles & genres.; Film theory & criticism.; Performing Arts.; American Dream; National characteristics, American, in motion pictures; Success in popular culture
Abstract: " In examining the enduring appeal that rags-to-riches stories exert on our collective imagination, this book highlights the central role that films have played in the ongoing cultural discourse about success and work in America"--
Contents: Machine generated contents note: -- Acknowledgements -- Top of the World: Cultural Narratives, Myths, and Movies -- Moving Up and Moving On: Mobility and the American Success Myth -- Work and its Discontents: The Corporate Workplace Movie -- Success Reassessed: Ambitious Women/Midlife Men -- Hallelujah, I'm a Bum: The Glorification of Unemployment -- Conclusion.