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American Blockbuster

Object category:
Elektronische Ressource
Person/Institution:
Crace, Benjamin
Publisher:
ABC-CLIO, LLC
Place of publication:
Santa Barbara
Date:
2022
Extent, illustration, format:
1 online resource (336 pages)
Language:
Englisch
Abstract:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Preface -- Introduction -- Section 1: Thematic Essays -- The Socialization Process: How Films Define Generational Consciousness -- Capitalism and the Film Industry: Creating and Distributing Cinema in the Age of Television -- The American Myth Machine: Film as a National Visual Literature -- American Religiosity in the Age of Entertainment: Hollywood and American Values -- Section 2: Boomers Make the Blockbuster (1975-1982) -- Alien -- Close Encounters of the Third Kind -- E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial -- The Exorcist -- Grease -- Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark -- Jaws -- Kramer vs. Kramer -- 9 to 5 -- One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest -- Rocky -- Star Wars: A New Hope -- Superman -- Tootsie -- Section 3: Xers on a Quest for Identity and Belonging (1983-1998) -- Back to the Future -- Batman -- Beauty and the Beast -- Beverly Hills Cop -- Forrest Gump -- Ghostbusters -- Home Alone -- Independence Day -- Jurassic Park -- The Lion King -- Star Wars: Return of the Jedi -- Terminator 2: Judgment Day -- Titanic -- Top Gun -- Toy Story -- Section 4: Millennials and the American Myth Machine (1999-2009) -- Avatar -- The Dark Knight -- The Fast and the Furious -- Finding Nemo -- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone/Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets -- Iron Man -- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring -- The Matrix -- Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl -- Shrek -- Spider-Man -- Star Wars: Episode 1-The Phantom Menace -- Transformers -- Twilight -- X-Men -- Section 5: Gen Z Finds Its Heroes (2010-) -- The Avengers -- Black Panther -- The Dark Knight Rises -- Despicable Me -- Fast and Furious 7 -- Frozen -- The Hunger Games -- Inception -- Joker -- Skyfall -- Star Wars: The Force Awakens -- Wonder Woman -- Zootopia -- Bibliography.
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2023-04-12
Last changed:
2022-12-30
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2023-04-12