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020 _z9780786469918 (softcover alk. paper)
020 _z9780786493326 (e-book)
035 _a(CaPaEBR)ebr10582781
035 _a(OCoLC)804049201
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_cCaPaEBR
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050 1 4 _aPN1995.9.M46
_bS34 2012eb
082 0 4 _a791.43/65211
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100 1 _aSchultz, Robert T.
245 1 0 _aSoured on the system
_h[electronic resource] :
_bdisaffected men in 20th century American film /
_cRobert T. Schultz.
260 _aJefferson, N.C. :
_bMcFarland & Co., Inc., Publishers,
_c2012.
300 _ax, 228 p. :
_bill.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aPreface -- Introduction: the roots and early cultural representations of discontented and disaffected men, 1853-1945 -- Negotiating corporate life: adapting to the organized system in the 1940s and 1950s -- Gunslingers and gangsters in the age of corporate combinations: the veiled struggle against the force that is evil in Joe McCarthy's America -- Similar criticisms, dissimilar solutions: the 1960s and 1970s -- Blowing up and dropping out: awakenings, agency and militancy at the end of the century -- Conclusion: disaffected men and resistance in American culture.
520 _a"This work analyzes popular films produced in the years of significant historical change from 1946 to the end of the twentieth century. Disaffected male characters represent traditional values of independent thought and action as they negotiate life in the "organized system" (corporate life and the consumer culture) increasingly demanding dependence and conformity, which they resist"--
_cProvided by publisher.
533 _aElectronic reproduction.
_bPalo Alto, Calif. :
_cebrary,
_d2011.
_nAvailable via World Wide Web.
_nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aMen in motion pictures.
650 0 _aAlienation (Social psychology) in motion pictures.
650 0 _aMotion pictures
_xSocial aspects
_zUnited States
_xHistory
_y20th century.
655 7 _aElectronic books.
_2local
710 2 _aebrary, Inc.
856 4 0 _uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10582781
_zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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942 0 0 _cEB
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