The American Film in the Crisis of Confidence
Hollywood Malaise, 1976-1983
Seiten
2025
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-6669-7442-3 (ISBN)
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-6669-7442-3 (ISBN)
This book explores Hollywood film within the context of America’s late-seventies “malaise.” The author demonstrates how Hollywood films reflect cultural anxieties surrounding energy, fiscal austerity, the “broken” American family, and decreasing visibility of people of color in popular culture.
American Film in the Crisis of Confidence: Hollywood Malaise, 1976-1983 examines how Hollywood films depict and respond to what U.S. President Jimmy Carter deemed a national “crisis of confidence” in the late 1970s, and what Carter’s political opponents referred to as “the Malaise.” Over the course of five thematic chapters—as well as an introduction and conclusion—John McCombe explores how a wide range of films from various genres reflect cultural anxieties central to Carter’s “crisis of confidence,” including those surrounding depleted energy resources, calls for fiscal austerity, the “broken” American family, and the decreasing visibility of people of color in popular culture. Scholars of film studies, cultural studies, American studies, and history will find this book of particular interest.
American Film in the Crisis of Confidence: Hollywood Malaise, 1976-1983 examines how Hollywood films depict and respond to what U.S. President Jimmy Carter deemed a national “crisis of confidence” in the late 1970s, and what Carter’s political opponents referred to as “the Malaise.” Over the course of five thematic chapters—as well as an introduction and conclusion—John McCombe explores how a wide range of films from various genres reflect cultural anxieties central to Carter’s “crisis of confidence,” including those surrounding depleted energy resources, calls for fiscal austerity, the “broken” American family, and the decreasing visibility of people of color in popular culture. Scholars of film studies, cultural studies, American studies, and history will find this book of particular interest.
John McCombe is professor and chair of the English Department at the University of Dayton.
Chapter One - The Malaise Western and the Rising Costs of American Expansion
Chapter Two - “Fear City” on Film: Austerity and Social Disintegration in New York City
Chapter Three - Repairing the Broken Post-Vietnam “Family”: Clint Eastwood’s Malaise Films
Chapter Four - “Running Out of Gas”: Vehicles, Fuel, and the Automotive Crisis of Confidence
Chapter Five - “Recession All Our Lives”: Hollywood and the “Post-Blaxploitation” Malaise
| Erscheinungsdatum | 21.02.2025 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 5 b/w illustrations |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft |
| ISBN-10 | 1-6669-7442-0 / 1666974420 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-6669-7442-3 / 9781666974423 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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