The American success myth on film
By: Julie Levinson
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9780230363366
Subjects: Motion pictures; Work in motion pictures; PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / History & Criticism; Social mobility in motion pictures; PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / General; Myth in motion pictures; Success in motion pictures
Description: " 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"--
Notes: Includes filmography.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: Acknowledgements; title: Top of the World: Cultural Narratives, Myths, and Movies; title: Moving Up and Moving On: Mobility and the American Success Myth; title: Work and its Discontents: The Corporate Workplace Movie; title: Success Reassessed: Ambitious Women/Midlife Men; title: Hallelujah, I'm a Bum: The Glorification of Unemployment; title: Conclusion.