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9781403961587

Awakening from the American Dream Escape in American Cinema

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  • ISBN13:

    9781403961587

  • ISBN10:

    1403961581

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2099-01-01
  • Publisher: St. Martin's Press
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Summary

This book explores the ambivalence that Americans feel toward the theme of escape, first through a brief examination of its role in American political and cultural thought, and then through an examination of several popular films, both American and international, includingThe Wizard of Oz,It's a Wonderful Life, andNotting Hill. While escape plays a key role in America's origins, it also has drawbacks, such as civic isolation and the loss of community. This attraction to and suspicion of escape is a frequent subtext of many popular American films, and through globalization, the theme now appears in international films as well, often with the same implicit ambivalence toward the promises and costs of escape.

Author Biography

Patrick Deneen is an assistant professor of politics at Princeton University. He is the author of The Odyssey of Political Theory: The Politics of Departure and Return. He has also published articles and reviews on ancient and American political thought in journals such as Political Theory and Polity. He was the recipient of the APSA 1995 Leo Strauss Award for best dissertation in political philosophy.

Table of Contents

Part One: The American Dream of Escape* There's No Place Like Home": Off to See the Wizard * It's a Destructive Life: George Bailey's America * To the New World: From Far and Awayto Avalon* American Beauty: End of Escape? * Part Two: Globalizing Escape: The Americanization of the World * The Cosmopolitan of Notting Hill* Cinema Paradiso: The Odyssey Home * Conclusion: Escaping the Cave: Movie-going as Escape Part One: The American Dream of Escape* There's No Place Like Home": Off to See the Wizard * It's a Destructive Life: George Bailey's America * To the New World: From Far and Awayto Avalon* American Beauty: End of Escape? * Part Two: Globalizing Escape: The Americanization of the World * The Cosmopolitan of Notting Hill* Cinema Paradiso: The Odyssey Home * Conclusion: Escaping the Cave: Movie-going as Escape

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