Blue-Collar Hollywood
Subtitle: Liberalism, Democracy, and Working People in American Film
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: August 2, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9780801885372
Subjects: Film theory & criticism; Social classes; Inter-war period, 1918-1939; Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000; History; Performing Arts; Education / Teaching; Cinema/Film: Book; USA; Government - General; Higher; United States - General; Education / Higher; History / United States / General; History-United States - General; Political Science-Government - General; Film & Video - History & Criticism; History: American
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.