Blue-Collar Hollywood
Subtitle: Liberalism, Democracy, and Working People in American Film
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: April 4, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9780801871498
Subjects: American history: from c 1900 -; Films, cinema; Work & labour; 20th century; United States; Motion pictures; Performing Arts; Pop Arts / Pop Culture; Cinema/Film: Book; USA; United States - General; Film & Video - History & Criticism; History / United States / General; History; Working class in motion pictur; Working class in motion pictures
First sentence: The images are familiar to millions of Americans: Tom Powers chasing power and money at all costs in Public Enemy; Stella Dallas suffering for her ambition; Tom Joad going off to fight for social justice in The Grapes of Wrath; the "fighting Sullivans" eagerly defending their nation in World War II; Stanley Kowalski beating his wife; Norma Rae rallying down-trodden mill workers; Tre Stiles dodging bullets in South Central Los Angeles in Boyz N the Hood.