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New Kind Of Public, A: Community, Solidarity, And Political Economy In New Deal Cinema, 1935-1948: Studies in Critical Social Sciences, Volume 69
Graham Cassano
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Paperback. Series: Studies in Critical Social Sciences. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJPG; APFA; JFCA; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 320.
In 1936, director John Ford claimed to be making movies for 'a new kind of public' that wanted more honest pictures. Cassano argues that this new kind of public was forged in the fires of class struggle and economic calamity. Those struggles appeared in Hollywood productions, as the movies themselves tried to explain the causes and consequence of the Great Depression. Using the tools of critical Marxism and cultural theory, Cassano surveys Hollywood's political economic explanations and finds a field of symbolic struggle between the classes.
In 1936, director John Ford claimed to be making movies for 'a new kind of public' that wanted more honest pictures. Cassano argues that this new kind of public was forged in the fires of class struggle and economic calamity. Those struggles appeared in Hollywood productions, as the movies themselves tried to explain the causes and consequence of the Great Depression. Using the tools of critical Marxism and cultural theory, Cassano surveys Hollywood's political economic explanations and finds a field of symbolic struggle between the classes.
Product Details
Publisher
Haymarket Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Studies in Critical Social Sciences
Condition
New
Number of Pages
220
Place of Publication
Chicago, United States
ISBN
9781608464937
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V9781608464937
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About Graham Cassano
Graham Cassano is Associate Professor of Sociology at Oakland University, in Rochester, Michigan. He has published articles on a range of topics, including Thorstein Veblen's social theories, the sociology of American labor, and postmodern Marxian theory. He edited the volume, Class Struggle on the Homefront (Palgrave, 2010) and co-edited the volume,with Richard A. Dello Buono, Crisis, Politics, and Critical Sociology ... Read more
Reviews for New Kind Of Public, A: Community, Solidarity, And Political Economy In New Deal Cinema, 1935-1948: Studies in Critical Social Sciences, Volume 69
Cassano develops original insights into New Deal cinema -and also into cultural artifacts in general - by applying to them creative interpretations of C. Wright Mills and a self-critical Marxism. As he opens up the complexities of artifact, audience, and their overdetermined and contradictory relationship, a powerful and critical cultural analysis emerges, one with wide implications for understanding social structures ... Read more