Family Fictions

Representations of the Family in 1980s Hollywood Cinema

Sarah Harwood (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

265 Seiten

1997
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-0-333-64843-8 (ISBN)

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Family Fictions explores images and narratives of the family in recent Hollywood cinema. This is the first in-depth analysis of this important topic which explores how problematic representations of the family were in a period when the family was a pivotal political and social issue. Through close textual analysis of the biggest box-office hits of recent years, this book demonstrates the volatility of family representations and the instability of its narrative and ideological functions. Well-known films discussed, include Kramer versus Kramer , E.T. and Look Who's Talking.

Foreword; J.Thumim - Acknowledgements - Introduction - PART 1: SOCIETY/CULTURE/HISTORY: FAMILIES IN THE EIGHTIES - Britain in the Eighties - Hollywood Cinema in the Eighties - Family Representations: The Family in Crisis - PART 2: FILM FAMILIES: FAMILY FILMS - Family Fortunes: Key Representational Paradigms - Backlash Patriarch or New Man? The Role of the Father - Absence and Loss: The Evacuation of the Mother - Look Who's Talking: Challenging Children and Parental Inversions - Family Dramas: The Family in E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial - Conclusions and Futures: Stasis and Change - Appendices - Family Paradigms - Synopses of Selected Top Box Office Hollywood Films: 1980-90 - Selection of Texts - Filmography - Bibliography - Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	5.3.1997
Zusatzinfo	X, 265 p.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Bildungstheorie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-333-64843-9 / 0333648439
ISBN-13	978-0-333-64843-8 / 9780333648438
Zustand	Neuware